Can past lovers be friends?

Yes, past lovers can be friends. But this rarely happens. When lovers become friends, the feeling is sometimes awkward especially if both of you share the same group of friends. But having your past lover as a friend would be good, because at least you can still be there for each other... that's just my opinion... =)

It really does depend but it is possible usually the first instinct is to hate but it does fade. I am friends with one particular ex and have been on speaking and aknowlegment to other ex's in passing... I still love him and always will but in a different way and wish him all the happiness in the world. Friendship is stronger....

I always stayed friends with my ex's. I don't really see most of them now but I always say hello to them on the rare occassions I do see them. I now have a better relationship with my oldest sons dad than I did while we were together. It was definitely harder to stay friends with him than any others though. It was my first "grown up" relationship, ie. as an adult, living together, lasting for more than 5 minutes! So it was harder and it took a hile but we get on ok now. I have almost always had relationships with people who I was friends with first and I think being friends again afterwards was important. Being friends does depend on how the relationship was but I think in almost all cases, you can be friends with exes evebtually.

Well, my Sweetheart's daughter just had a car accident. Her mother (ex #2) contacted him, since the daughter lived with him. They hadn't spoken in years, but her accident brought them closer. Then #3 (her step-mom) called to see how she was doing. I answered the phone both times, and when they realized that I would not pass judgement, they opened up to me. Then they opened up to him on friendly terms, out of mutual caring for their (step) daughter. They are not as they were when they were married, but they are no longer enemies either. Her accident brought them back to the family, somehow.

I think it all depends on how long you were together with your ex. I mean I have alot of ex boyfriends i am friends with. Some of them it hurts to bad to be friends with espically my ex husband

Well there's a saying about this, and I think this saying depends on how mature we are and by how we handle a good relationship. The saying goes like this, "Bestfriends can be lovers, but lovers can't be bestfriends." If we know how to forgive and forget, then I think it is possible for us to be friends with our past relationships or ex's.

Friends will inevitably be conflicts,we need to actively resolve it. So that our friendship can be more solid.

I think being real friends will not work out but the bittrness and hard feelings will fade with time, if someone and his/her ex could be friends they would not seprate in first place, they may just be a distant relation or another one you know, etc but never a friend or you would start thinking about getting back together and it was wrong to seprate. at least that's how i see it.