Friendship with EX..

It depends on your ex, if you knew that your ex was a good person then there is nothing to worry with it. It's okay to be friends with him/her. It would be great if you can be friends, its never good to have so enemies.

I believe it is not necessarily to distance your self or to still be close to your ex lover. because if you do befriend your ex-lover that would be disastrous if your current lover knows about that. Just play it safe. past is past.

With me, it works. We were together for so long before the break up. We started at the end of our teens until our late 20s. We did not become friends at first, we just got attracted to each other and went on with the relationship. We were so young then and of course we were always in a "cat and dog" fight all the time. When we explored friendship between us, we practically grew better. We could see the difference of how we were in the early years til we finally kissed each other good bye for ever. I love her and she does love me still too. It was one of the most painful moments of my life when we separated. We tried erasing each other out of our lives but we just could not. Time just healed bruised hearts and egos. It just took one to say hello to the other one and we picked up from where we were as friends. If you become friends with your ex, he or she would be the best person to know you inside and out. A friend who cares and also points out your flaws without hesitation.

Many people keep the friendship with their ex and i thought it would be quite awkward feeling actually.But anyway,many people did that.So would be fine to think about.I don't know what i'm gonna do with it and probably they are still just friends.

with that case, i really manage to be casual like nothing happened between us as if we are just plain friends before we had a relationship. well, i have lots of ex-bfs, but i handle it to be friends with them. actually, never in my life to hang with them but as saying hi and hellos are good enough that i am a good sport. even if i get jealous (it cannot be avoided more if it is still fresh) i still acted normally as if i do not care. and in time comes, when the wound heals and all that, i can look at his eyes and would say myself that its okay now. anything you do is nothing to me. so that's it!

I didn't had good "endings" with my exes so I wouldn't even try adding them in Facebook nor get in touch with them. Not in anytime soon, not ever again. Not only it's awkward but also disrespectful to my husband now. I love my husband very much and my love for him comes with my loyalty :)

It is not awkward to offer friendship or remain friends with you ex.Its just that it depends on the circumstances in which you get parted.One of my ex girlfriends is good friend of mine still, actually we were happy together but we were of same batch.When we went out to work ,her parents were pressurizing her for marriage.She asked me if we can take the relationship to next level, but i was just 23 then and i told her that i cannot take her responsibility now, so she has to wait for 4-5 years.She could not do it so we parted .She got married to a nice guy and she has a kid now.About respective partners having contact with ex ,well her husband is cool with me being contact with her, may be because i never meet her alone,i just meet her when she is with her husband or try to talk about old days.However if her husband does not like her meeting me ,she should not do it.Actually when people move on then its not a problem.However its better to discuss it with your partner and if he/she is not comfortable about it ,one should ignore your ex.When you are in a relationship your partner is everything and your ex is nothing.Just my opinion though, best wishes.

My ex is a disgusting selfish person and a big liar and abuser. That is the reason why he is my ex. Ex means exit to me. So I would never stay friends. Also I think if you would do so it wouldn't be great for the new partner. Since you have (had) a long history with your ex and I think it's way more easy to turn to your ex in times of trouble as to your new partner. But people are different, so are the relationships they have or had. I assume it's possible to stay friends with the ex, but for me it would not work. Also not because my ex did way too much in too many years to break my trust and abuse me for so many years. If I would not learn from that I would not deserve a better life/person/friend either.

It is absolutely all right if you are out on the street somewhere or at someone's house and you accidentally run into your ex husband, It could have been planned or just merely a coincidence but you want to know as this could give you clues. Is he still interested? You might also ask whether he regrets the decision to break up? If he is a decent feller and seems to want to get together again to see whether you still feel the same, why not give it a go? Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

my ex and I are now friends, we just treated each other as a friend. The passed is just a memory , and now let's just face the present. :)