Can 2 people be friends after a breakup?

It depends on a lot of factors: Personality Reason of break up Etc Kids complicate things Some people have a kid thinking they are glue and can mend a broken relationship Force people into a relationship they didn't want Often times they can be used like a weapon to try and hurt the x spouse Nevertheless. Some awesome parents can put aside their differences for their children

@dya80dya YES they can be friends after the breakup. They can be reconciled to each other of course after each of them acknowledges his/her mistakes.

They don't have to be friends but they could at least be civil towards each other. When the breakup is too painful and has left a lot of scars, developing friendship with an ex is a very difficult thing to do. But being civil towards each other is not that difficult.

That is a very good question. Looking back on my life and the breakups I went through I could not be friends with my ex's. It is very hard to do. It brings up bad memories. My ex husband and I cannot stand each other so for sure I never want to lay eyes on him again.

There are many reasons to believe that not being friends is better.

Well I know that two people can be friends if they can sit down while talking out their differences to resolve them. My son's father and I are friends now while learning accept each other after being divorced.

Most of the time, no. Sometimes they can, but I am not friends with any of my exes.

@dya80dya Yes,but I don't think the friendship after breakup would be as close as it was before breakup.

There are friends who still be good friends even after breakup but if they are engaged with other guy than he might not like it so I think better not to be friends.

Nope they can't be friends.

That's very possible, they can be friends.

So many factors come into play when you ask this question. How long was the couple together, what caused the break-up/separation, do they have kids together, does the couple as individuals share friendships in a group,etc? When it comes to kids being involved, I find it important for the individuals to find some way of at a minimum being amicable to one another. The kids have likely seen enough carnage before the break-up and no need to put them through any more trauma. My ex and I broke up over 20 years ago and it was ugly and the next two years, things stayed as ugly as they were when we were together. Curbside drop offs and at times, even had other family members involved so that the kids didn't see mom and dad fighting. Finally we had a conversation that changed all of that and realized how selfish and childish we were both behaving and this immature behavior was likely going to have a negative impact on our kids. We came up with a plan of what was and wasn't issues we needed to talk about and made a conscious effort to respect one another's private matters. Once we removed all the boy/girl relationship type nonsense from the table, things got a lot easier for us to just co-parent. Strangely enough we became extremely good friends and to this day poke fun at one another and our childish antics in the early days of the break up. Relationships take effort, they don't just happen. If someone has kids I would always suggest they try and find a common ground of getting along as parents so the kids emotional and psychological health is always placed at the top of the priority list.

For me it's better not to be friend anymore after breakup because it will complicate on your next relationship. I rather keep them in my memories but not to keep them as a friends or contacts. What if by chance you already married then you're still in contact with your ex bf and your partner will get jealous. It will end up into terrible fighting. It will bring bad circumstances on your marriage life.