Can you be a friend with your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend?If Yes,don't you think your friendship will lead you into dating again?If No,why you can not be a friends?.

Both of my daughters are still friends with ex boyfriends. It work ok for them.

For the most part no.
It's best to just go your separate ways and make new friends.
Some people can make it work but most cannot.

I don;t have a problem with it, but the other person's partner might. I am sure my past boyfriend's girlfriends might object and I know I wouldn;t want a new partner hanging out with his old girlfriends. One's partner deserves more respect.

If neither of u are attached I see no issue as long as both are cool with it. each individual situation is gonna be a little differnt

If your honest with yourselves and each other, and there's mutual respect then always invite
one another to grow, even if there was some hurt but it all out now.

It may be better to wait up to a year?
If they're a train wreck and their problems hurt you then

Ties must be severed, tears must I cry

we'll do some living after we die

I make a gauranteed promise to remain their friend, without any silly mixed signals. I never argue or fight with an ex. I keep it light. We are buddies, and that is that. If you know you're the type to fall for her all over again, then surely you know what's best. I can't stand it when others suddenly get jealous about at an ex dating someone else. They moved on. Why go through the torture of even remaining friends if it's only gonna upset you seeing them with someone new?

I can still be friends with an ex if neither of us is interested in having something more. In fact, I have that kind of friendship with my ex-husband. I also have a good friendship with a guy I dated last fall. Sometimes I've had little choice but to maintain at least a friendly attitude, like the time I had a breakup with someone I was still in a band with... or was a lab partner with in college... or still worked with in some capacity or we belonged to the same social organization and neither of us was going to quit over it.

Other times, we went our separate ways because it was just easier. (And then there are two ex-boyfriends from way back in my high school days... I remained friends with both of them and we are STILL friends to this day -- more than thirty years later.)

I take it further. I still LOVE my first husband. However, I have matured to realize that a relationship does actually need more than 'just love',,,,,

we would be no more compatible today, than we were when we broke up,,,,friends is our best option

your honesty is always so refreshing. I think our first loves always have a special place. my 1st husband is the father of all of my children and I will always have some memories I value. I don;t love him still....falling out of love is what caused the divorce. I am on good terms with all of my other exes tho and on civil terms with him (the 1st) actually we really don't speak, but there will always be good memories of the early years. no one should have to forsake those in order to move on

I remained close with every man I've ever dated. I would never consider dating any of them again even though our reasons for breaking things off were not personal or negative, just life happening. That time is simply past and we were not meant to be. There is no reason to think we were meant to be now.

So, yes I know it's very possible, but it all depends on your attitudes toward each other. You have to retain the love without being IN love for it to work.

That's basically how things are with me and the guy from last fall. We didn't even date all that long (maybe six weeks) before it became evident we probably weren't headed for long-term romantic bliss. We're just a bit too different in some crucial areas to have been compatible for a long-haul relationship, but we do have a lot in common, and we genuinely like each other and enjoy each other's company. So upon that basis we chose to build a close and affectionate friendship instead of a romance.

I love him dearly as a friend and we still spend quite a bit of time together, just hanging out. We're both enough given to physical affection for a hug and a peck on the lips at the end of the evening, but that's the extent of it. I'm very glad we're still part of each other's lives, and I hope we remain so.

I was with one of my ex boyfriends for 2 years and he moved to New York for a promotion. I was sure enough that my life was not meant to be in New York and had every dime invested in a new business...so...said goodbye.

I was with one of them for 2 years and we realized we were not made of forever stuff together; which was mostly my fault for being young and immature, but also because our personalities were very different.

The last one was only a year and he was just not for me because having a natural child was very important to him. He has a lovely wife who I hooked him up with, and they now have two lovely children... which is as it should be.

It's funny how someone can seem right for you at first, but with time you realize you may be in a great relationship...but it's just not YOUR great relationship.

You see your daughters with their ex-boyfriends as they are friends and not knowing wht they are doing behind scene.

Ey boet,so for your point of view,u see that as a NO for u or you saying tht on behalf of other people?

Hey sweety,you've open my eyes on the other side now.Thanks for your views.

Hey Emo,remember one thing now,you no more partners but you just friends who has moved on with new lovers.So if you both weak to control your feelings when you togethe then you better not be friends at all.

Hi Ms Harmony,I believe that if you have move on with life then you should'nt say that.Surely that even your first husband STILL loves you more than being friends but when you both start have a litle bond again even if is just friendship,that will be cheating.You'll be both cheating to your current partners. Being friends with someone you've spent years together its not easy to forget each other so bouncing back to each other as friends,it will be FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS.

? I understand, but all my relationships are MUCH MORE than just sex. And I also don't get why you think MY relationships in particular would be mainly sex? No way. Absolutely not. You don't know what my past relationships were like. But they were all good, I can tell you now. Imho, I find it pointless, if someone can't move on from their ex. What's the use in wasting your life away while pining for the ex who's moved on? I don't see how that would help. More often than not, some get obssessed with their ex, which leads to stalking, threats, lies, etc. Would you honestly be okay with that kind of thing happening to you? It once happened to me. I just don't get why one ex in particular chose to lie about us, but if I knew why, I'd at least feel I could trust him again. He is one I just CAN'T speak to anymore. He liked to over-dramatize. Very immature. Which is probably why I only wanted to date bachelors at first, because it seemed that they had their life sorted out already. It shouldn't even be an issue, as long as you know what you're doing. You have to keep your wits about you in today's world. Today's world ESPECIALLY ;) lol. Oh and self-control.

Trust me, I'm friends with my ex-husband but we will never be "friends with benefits". That's actually what started us off on the road to what became our marriage, but we're no longer interested in each other romantically or sexually, and when we realized that about ourselves that's what ended our marriage.

Men and women CAN be friends.

Nkocie, I for one have never seen the "benefit" in FWB. I've never seen that scenario actually benefit anyone for longer than it take sheets to cool.