Ex husbands/wives/boyfriends/girlfirends.. usually break up on bad terms and close the chapter with that person by excluding them from their life.

* Could you remain friends with your ex?

* Is it healthier to remain friends & in touch with them rather than bumping into them once every 6 months and having that awkward conversation and have unhappy memories surfacing?

* Could you remain friends with your ex?
Depends on why we left each other and how we left each other. If we've both agreed that it wasn't working, and we both moved on, then yes, why not remain friends? It's better than staying away and stop talking, we both might discover that we're better off being friends than partners. But if there was this huge misunderstanding, and we left each other after a huge amount of fighting, then it might be a bit difficult. Things can get better, but I guess we'd be more formal around one another, for some time.

* Is it healthier to remain friends & in touch with them rather than bumping into them once every 6 months and having that awkward conversation and have unhappy memories surfacing?
Again depends on the situation. If the guy is someone who was a complete jerk and deserves no respect, then there's no good in keeping in touch. If like I said earlier, we both left each other after long discussions and agreements between the both of us, then I guess it's healthier if we remain good to each other, not too close, I wouldn't want to suddenly decide to go back to him, but not too apart either.

* Could you remain friends with your ex?

Yeah, it helps to get over the pain and over him as well. Depends if he/she is strong enough to bond the friendship bond.

* Is it healthier to remain friends & in touch with them rather than bumping into them once every 6 months and having that awkward conversation and have unhappy memories surfacing?

*If the relation involves kids i think its better for the partners to be friends for the sake of their kids.

I think its healthier to remain friends and in touch,in some ways it shows they are strong enough to get over each other or help them keep their sweet memories an dno hard feelings (love/hatret).

Could you remain friends with your ex?

Inshalah I don't get any exs :p... so It's difficult to tell right now!

Is it healthier to remain friends & in touch with them rather than bumping into them once every 6 months and having that awkward conversation and have unhappy memories surfacing?

I don't know Y I feel it wont be healthy cauz the relation will go into 2 directions:
1. If the last meeting was awful & the relation was sucks , so I don't think there will be trust any more for future realationship.

2. If there was missunderstanding but still love & such feelings they can't be friends only!! It will be difficult for them... Don't u agree??

I would say I'm in touch with about 75% of my exs. My relationship with some is soo good that going out to the movie together or having dinner together is not weird.

Others ... not so good - regardless - I think the less "intense" the relationship was the easier it is to "just be friends."

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* Could you remain friends with your ex?

--> Yes, i could..it depends on how u were wit the person..and how he is..

* Is it healthier to remain friends & in touch with them rather than bumping into them once every 6 months and having that awkward conversation and have unhappy memories surfacing?

--->its fine...no probz with it @ all

Most of people i know say is possible and useful, hmm good for them: by nature am difficult to keep good relations with human beings normally, guess if it can be possible with my exes, which are less than a hand fingers by the way...

* Could you remain friends with your ex?

Sure, cant see what should be against that thought. If we were together for good reasons, we'd depart for good reasons as well. But if it ended other wise then unfortunetly it would mean such friendship wouldnt remain...

* Is it healthier to remain friends & in touch with them rather than bumping into them once every 6 months and having that awkward conversation and have unhappy memories surfacing?* Could you remain friends with your ex?

of course its healthier.... in the end...nothing is worth holding back negative feelings towards another...

1- Yep, can still be friends... i mean u gotta move on.
2- i wouldnt call it being healthier.. but lets just say its a safer route to stay friends and not get into the awkward cons.

1-yes i know someone that didnt talk to his ex-wife for 14 years then they became friends again!!
2-its healthier being friends so they can forget all the sad memories that happened between them!!

I have only 4 words to answer ur question about this issue

can it be?

Very Difficult BUT POSSIBLE

* Could you remain friends with your ex?

Yeah, I could, but it would depend on what basis the split-up had happened. If we'd mutually decided to get "off" each other's lives, then we wouldn't be friends from then on.

* Is it healthier to remain friends & in touch with them rather than bumping into them once every 6 months and having that awkward conversation and have unhappy memories surfacing?

I believe that "good friends" become 'couples' or try to, at least. If thats true, then I don't see how it would be bad to keep in touch with someone who'd wanted to spend the rest of his/her life with you.

It all depends on how the relationship ended. But no matter what, I personally think that if someone had any kind of connection with someone else (marriage/friendship/relationship) it should always end in good terms. So when looking back to it, both wont remember only the bitter but also the love they once shared.


Could you remain friends with your ex? yes, It would probably be difficult in the begining, but since he was my ex, he would have probably been the closest person to me.. so I would miss sharing everything with him. But if we remained friends, I could still come to him whenever I need to talk or whatever. True, it would hurt when he would bring up another girl or if he was going out with another girl, but since its over between us, I should just accept it and try my best to be a good friend to him.

Could you remain friends with your ex?
in the case of Husband/wife especially when kids are involved its healthier to remaine friends .. it will help the children to overcome the fact that their parents are divorced ..

in the case of unmarried couples i dont agree on being friends!! coz i dont believe that u can be Friends with someone u had feelings for , had dreams with them ...since u decided that they should be out of ur life they might as well should stay out of ur circle.

I agree with Haya .. when it was a marital relationship it could be ok .. but otherwise its not a problem.

One should stay faaar away from one's ex-spouse; don't live anywhere near them, and don't have any contact with them unless absolutely necessary. It's much better if they don't like each other, so they don't want to have anything to do with ech other, because otherwise, when no one's looking, it's much easier for them to slip back into behaving as they did before they divorced, i.e., being intimate. And it is that much more risky if one or both of them are remarried.

Just move on and, with the Creator's help, find someone else.

Remain civilised, but do not remain friends EVER! It's fine to be polite if you meet accidentally, to enquire after your ex's health for example, and then move away. It just mixes up your emotions, assuming that the relationship ever had any meaning.

If there are children involved, then it's important to be civil to each other always, and never to say anything bad about each other to the children. But no need to hang out or do things together. It's confusing for the kids.

In either case, another very important reason for not being friends is that it's totally inconsiderate to your new partner. They don't want to think about who you've been intimate with before...not ever...so best you erase you "exes" from your past as thoroughly as humanly possible. Think of the future, don't be cruel to the one you love now.

* Could you remain friends with your ex?

It really depends on how the initial relationship was in term of quality and what caused the breakup. Idealy it would be nice to remain good friends, but in reality most of the time it is not the case.

When we talk about breakup it usually means that at least one of the two partners ends up really hurt and might not easily forget the pain he or she endured because of the other party.

I always find it really strange to see couples who have shared many years together and, once separated, act as if they have never known each other! I agree that if we are talking about marriage when children are involved, both partners should make a real effort to have a decent and respectable relationship for the kids sake.

On a personnal level, if I had any "ex", I would try my best to keep a good relationship with him at the moment that he wants to remain friend and is still respectable with me. However, I doubt that my hubby would agree on me keeping in touch with any past love...but that is another story ;).

* However, I doubt that my hubby would agree on me keeping in touch with any past love...but that is another story ;)..

thats called JELOUSY..!! :D

Depends on how the relationship ended. If one cheated on the other or something, then I doubt it!! If it was a mutual decision to end it, then I guess they might be able to remain friends.

i think its best to stay friends... works well with me... its the best way to avoid akward situations...with " hi ... um... how u been ?? " ... " been good... hows things? "... "great seeing someone now" then the akward SILENCE! ITS healthier in some ways n not so healthy in another way ... 1 way its healthy ... you wont be losing a FRIEND u were once soo close to n shared a chapter in both your lives in! not so healthy because u never know .. u might still have feelings for the person .. it WILL drive u CRAZY to see them with someone ELSE!! soo ... might as well think hard ... n exactly wat u said PHONENIX - if the decision is mutual then its all good .. :)

Possible but highly unlikely. If there are too many bad memories and the relationship ended on bad terms then i doubt they could still be friends.. but if it ended well... with both sides agreeing to it.. then i guess its possible.