Friendship after the relationship ended?

Some people feel and are this way, and then there are others who are able to remain friends many times for the sake of the kids. Many times it is easier to be friends more than lovers, but it is up to each person. I am still friends with a couple of mine.

Hi friend, it is really hard to forget about our ex completely, so some persons are interested in keeping friendship with their ex. I think there is nothing wrong in such kind of activity. This friendship will help us to know about the current stage of our ex and we will keep in touch with them

I totally agree with you. I stopped all contact whatsoever with all the ex's. There is no point as once you have found the love of your life there is no need to remember other partners!

Why would you want to be enemies? Sure people can be friends after a breakup. Just because a romantic relationship didn't work out doesn't mean that you are both terrible people! . A blanket statement that you can't be friends I'd just not true. You might choose not to be friends, but that is a choice. There seems to be a misconception that says once you have been naked with someone you can't be their friend. You may not ever want an ex to be in your bed again, but if they were good enough to get naked with, aren't they good enough to be friends with if being naked didn't work out? It made me feel great that my ex wanted to fix my brakes for me one day (when I had my car) even though there was no going back to what was. There is a time when it's appropriate to let the pain go and just be who you are. If one chooses to care for a former lover in a non-romantic way, it can be great. Especially it's great if there are kids involved. What kid wants their parents not being friends? I think each case is different with different dynamics, but if a person sees the good person they used to love, it doesn't make sense to throw a person away like they are disposable. I think if people communicated more they could choose to be friends.

There were hundreds of reasons that brought my ex's and me together. Only a few reasons to stop the relationships/ Am glad some of them are still my best friends. Stopping all contact to me means there's a lot of anger. And anger brings us nowhere.

THey say, friends into lovers are okay, and lovers into friends no way. Of course it will br very difficult to be such. And it is quite odd. They separated because they hav diferences and they can not reconcile with these differences so how can they be firends again. Maybe it will take time and there is this awkwardness

I don't think friendship is possible after the break up. Why would you wanna be friends with someone who has caused you pain or maybe even too much pain? That's ridiculous! You can be civil maybe but being friends seem impossible especially to women. I'm not sure if you guys agree with me but most girls normally keeps going back to the past. Having said this, how can you stay friends with someone if you'll only be reminded of you past and the pains with it? Hahaha! I had a friend back in college that I had a relationship with. We used to be really good friends before we started dating. We hang out a lot and stuff. After we broke up, it took us time and distance to finally be where we are today. Today, we echange hi, hello, how's life, what have you been up to conversations but we no longer hang out. It took us a while to talk again. He went to a different place and continued his life there. I went to another place and started a new life too. Bottomline, it was more tha 4 years since we started talking back to each other. I don't consider him one of my friends anymore. He seem to be more of an acquaintance now. :)

it depends. some people can do that - be friends with their exes. some separation end up in friendship. falling out of love does not necessarily mean hating your ex.

It's completely possible, in fact, 4 of my good friends, 1 I would even call my best friend, are all ex's of mine. You just need to go about the situation in the right way. Step one! Get away! When a relationship ends, there's nothing but remorse and problems between the two of you. Everytime you talk, it's going to end in a battle. You have to stay away from them. Step Two! Keep Waiting! There's an old saying, that it takes half the length of a relationship, to get over a relationship. Of course this all changes depending on the situation and the people involved, but I've found that it usually comes out pretty bang on. Step Three! When coming back, get over your problems, first! The issues you two had with eachother are still going to be lingering, so you need to address those when both of you are more sane with eachother. This will help you get past the problems, so that you can just have fun again. Step Four! Remember the problems! You might fall for this person again. You were attracted to them in the first place, things went well from the start before they fell to pieces, but you have to keep in mind why you broke up, and keep away from going towards a relationship, again. It's the easiest if you're with someone else, or if they are, but you might still get that attraction to them. Just remember why it happened before. Keep to those steps, and you could get a really awesome friend that you might have completely missed out on. I'm glad I went along those lines, because me and my ex's got along great from the beginning, and that makes them best friends of mine, now.

The reason will be in such case, is to avoid any misunderstanding or enemy in the future. The other reason might be there is still something inside...which is hidden into the depth of their heart.

I think it is possible to be friends with an ex. Now when things end badly or on bad turns then it is not likely that the individuals will stay friends. But if the relationship just didn't work out or the couple found out that they aren't right for each other then they can still be friends. That is actually the case between my ex and I. We are friends and we don't have any hard feelings toward one another.We each have a family of our own now. Him and my husband talk and get along good.When ever we all see each other we speak to one another. Our daughters get along good as well. I think that is the best way one can end a relationship is to be on good terms.

I have a good relationship with one of my ex but i admit it took few years before we talked again and decided to be friends again instead of holding on all the pains and hatred that we have to each other. But our friendship has a limitations since were both married and we only talk if we accidentally meet somewhere as a respect to our partners and to ourselves.

If there are children involved, yes i would consider being friends with an ex. But if single and we parted ways, i would run and not look back for the simple reason that allowing an ex in one's life could ruin the chance of enjoying a promising new relationship. Again, an ex is someone you loved, feelings might start creeping back when you are friends, destroying the opportunity of finding the right love and maybe you had parted due to cheating,abuse,incompatibility or irreconcilable differences. I would not welcome friendship with an ex.

I think it depends on the couple. Sometimes it is better to break away completely, sometimes staying friends works out best, it just depends. I had a friend who thought she had a good relationship with her boyfriend. To save money, they decided to live at his parent's house. It was only going to be for a few months. But that broke up their relationship. The boyfriend took his mother's side and the mother got very critical of my friend. My friend kept having to explain her side of the story to her boyfriend. She knew then that would always be part of their relationship, as she realized that her boyfriend will never really be able to break away from his dominating mother. When they broke up, he wanted to be friends. She thought it is best if they went their separate ways. There was just too much emotion, confusion and family dynamics going on for my girlfriend, to consider being a friend to her ex. So, it just depends on the emotional level of both people and how they are able to cope with each other (and their mothers). Sometimes it works out to be friends after being lovers and sometimes it doesn't. I am in a long term relationship, so my 'ex's' are from loooong ago and I don't really know what happened to them. I didn't keep in touch with them, and that was what worked best for me.

Because anyone with whom I would fall in love (I mean true love and not some attraction that might or might not develop into wanting to be a couple) would have to be my friend first. Therefore, a break-up (or the end of being a couple) would simply revert back to being just friends again.

It is frequently necessary to maintain a friendly relationship, especially if there are children involved. However, I believe this may be different from the type of friendship you indicated.

If there are children involved you would want to be civil to each other, but I don't think it is possible to stay "friends" with an ex. If you get a new partner, they probably wouldn't be too happy about it either.

i believe such people are only trying to keep you around as they shop for options,or as they taste the other waters.its good to be cordial with your Ex when you meet but not maintain a friendship like calling up each other and such otherwise you will end up being stuck in limbo hoping the relationship works again.a clean break up is better move on and severe ties.

I can accept being friends with an ex, because we understand each other, it is good to have a friend who can understand you so much. Although we break up we can still be friends.

I was in a relationship with a girl for a LONG time, may be for about 1-2 years! and when we broke up we both were ready to be friends, but since alot of things were not cleared out between us we would just not look at each other! but as time goes everything heals on its own, i mean by while texting her and calling her we got things straight and now we are not very close but very good friends! so it all depends on how you manage it and if your really into being friends with your ex. it takes time but it does happen!