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Topic: Friends After Relationship Ends
durtydduck Joined Wed 11/19/08 Posts: 1972	Sun 02/15/09 09:40 AM
Some I have, some they haven't....

prisoner Joined Tue 01/06/09 Posts: 5129	Sun 02/15/09 09:45 AM
when a relationship ends i let her go...life moves forward and a person must move with it...you can't hang onto something from the past or you will never grow as a person be seeing you Going with that theory --then you should let your parents go too??? and your kids? and your childhood friends? the bond of blood is eternal family is forever friends and lovers come and go be seeing you

RKISIT Joined Tue 01/08/08 Posts: 16721	Sun 02/15/09 09:50 AM
How many of you have gone to be friends with someone you've had a relationship with when it ends? a few but we really don't keep in touch that much

whatssuup Joined Sat 10/25/08 Posts: 690	Sun 02/15/09 09:53 AM
Nope, That bridge has been burnt

PATSFAN Joined Mon 12/10/07 Posts: 42782	Sun 02/15/09 09:54 AM
Nope

Meg8771 Joined Fri 01/16/09 Posts: 5662	Sun 02/15/09 10:00 AM
It took a very long time (15 years) to get there, but yes. According to him, I went "Medieval" on his a** and it took him that long to recover. Me - I called it divorce. But, we are friends today.

Gypsy41 Joined Tue 05/15/07 Posts: 123359	Sun 02/15/09 10:36 AM
How many of you have gone to be friends with someone you've had a relationship with when it ends? Its never happened to me. I dont find there is a point to it as it would only bring up memories.

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Sun 02/15/09 10:40 AM
How many of you have gone to be friends with someone you've had a relationship with when it ends? rarely ever happens

misstina2 Joined Sat 11/01/08 Posts: 13508	Sun 02/15/09 10:58 AM
I've done it before and I'm so glad I remaned friends because I didn't know at the time that he wasn't going to live much longer. We always cherished time spent together even after we moved on memories of eating meals together sharing dreams so many things we enjoyed I miss him

biggirl123 Joined Tue 02/10/09 Posts: 32	Sun 02/15/09 01:29 PM
I’ve remained close friends with most of my ex’s.

RareEntity Joined Mon 09/01/08 Posts: 23676	Sun 02/15/09 01:31 PM
1st hell no, 2nd we're ok

moofooga Joined Thu 01/31/08 Posts: 25515	Sun 02/15/09 01:35 PM Edited by moofooga on Sun 02/15/09 01:38 PM
None as of yet. If anything, they've become more like acquaintances than nothing else.

Roco Joined Sat 03/22/08 Posts: 1165	Sun 02/22/09 10:49 PM
seems the majority of responses indicates friendships can continue after relationship, to those majority - question -- do you consider yourself a stable person, do you consider the person who you continued the friendship with to be a stable person...the reason it is asked is because i don't think a friendship can continue if one of the person is unstable roco

Lynann Joined Mon 10/01/07 Posts: 4072	Sun 02/22/09 11:02 PM
Heather says it well. "The getting there usually takes time. In the absence of abuse, I can usually get there, if it's mutual. However, there are occasions where I think it's best to just wish each other well (or not) and go your separate ways." Once you love someone I think that is always present in some form. How you choose to handle it? Well that's where it gets interesting. I have two ex's. One my best friend...the other...well we are working on it...funny now that we are apart I miss my friend more than I miss my love.

Crys26 Joined Fri 01/23/09 Posts: 541	Mon 02/23/09 06:16 AM
I'm still friends with my ex although sometimes its a little awkward... He's still used to sharing too many details of his life. And I think we're both stable people... That helps. That, plus we both put our kids first and its better for them if we get along.

Citizen_Joe Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4036	Mon 02/23/09 08:14 AM
How many of you have gone to be friends with someone you've had a relationship with when it ends? It all depends on how inversely perportional the bitterness is. For my now almost ex-wife, impossible. Just 2 nights ago, we had a phone call that lasted 9 minutes and 13 seconds. That was about 4 minutes and 13 seconds too long and a good reminder of why we're getting divorced. On a happy note, she finally signed the divorce papers.

Girl_4_U88 Joined Sun 01/04/09 Posts: 109	Mon 02/23/09 08:14 PM
I am still friends with my ex buts its really rocky right now and idk how long we will be friends for... i hope forever since he has been my bff since i was 14

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Mon 02/23/09 08:17 PM
How many of you have gone to be friends with someone you've had a relationship with when it ends? I have had girls that were my friends but no ex girl friends that were.

longislandangel Joined Mon 12/29/08 Posts: 2640	Mon 02/23/09 08:41 PM
I have remained friends with all but two of my x's. With the relationships I have had, friendship was always an important aspect of the love and trust between us.

samanthalynn2011 Joined Mon 10/29/07 Posts: 71	Mon 02/23/09 09:04 PM
How many of you have gone to be friends with someone you've had a relationship with when it ends? i am best friends with my ex.....i probably couldnt find a better friend than him!