Friends With Ex's

[nailit]

is it possible to stay friends with an ex?
Have you stayed friends with an ex?
I had an uncle some years ago who's ex attended his wedding to his new wife.
Personally I find it a little bit weird and disturbing....especially as all my ex's seem to see me as the spawn of Beelzebub.

[boxtops]

I haven't had any contact with my ex-husband for about twenty years, but I am close to his family - more close than I was when I was married to him.

[Sqad]

Ex what?...husbands, wives, mistresses...........

I would find it difficult, but apparently i am in the minority, as it would seem that many exe's are on good terms.

not for me though.

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ex partners squad, either G/F or B/F or wife /husband.
I too find it a bit bizzare.

[nailit]

Boxy, im in a similar position. Havnt heard from my ex in 2 yrs but in contact with her mum, went for coffee with her last week.

[gness]

Has to depend on the reason for the break up I should think.

I'm friends with my ex...though I seem to scare his wife....with MrG's ex...she was named guardian to our daughter.
In fact it's hard to remember who belongs to which family when we all get together....

If there's bitterness or hurt it will be different but other than that staying friends shouldn't be a problem.

[gness]

Mind you it did mean we both ended up with two mothers in law...☺

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her father's a tw8t though. Glad im not in touch with him anymore.

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last amswer to boxy... ;-)

[Sparkles62]

I am still friends with my ex Husband, we split amicably and handled our divorce ourselves without the cost or intervention of Solicitors.
We have children and grandchildren together, so we meet up on a regular basis at family parties and get togethers, it makes life easier for everyone as we both get on.
He also gets on with Mr S, as we met and married a few years after our divorce.

[nailit]

2 mothers in law? Could be scary that...
"waits for the mother in law gags"

[nailit]

nice story sparkle. Good to hear

[Prudie]

I'm still friends now with my first ex but that was after a break of about 10+ years, time enough or us both to grow up, deal with our hatred and issues. I have 2 more exes I still hate and probably always will.

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why do you hate your ex's Prudie?
(if you dont mind me asking)?

[Prudie]

One because he broke my heart but treated me like a slug while doing it (my fault for letting him) the other too serious to go into but divorce from hell and custody battle, really vindictive stuff.

[kvalidir]

The one Christmas we had my mum and my dad who were split up, my mum's two other ex's and all of their children all together. I often go to Germany and stay with my ex-step father and am in the same WOW Guild as my other step father who I also see at festivals a lot. My Mum adores them both and they her. It's nice to remain friends.

[starone]

I was married for 63 years to the same man and we stayed in love. That doesn't mean it was all perfect but we always made up after any disagreement. So were we very unusual? Who or what is wrong? Sometimes I cannot understand what happens to people. They start off with such high hopes but the high hopes do not sustain them.

[boxtops]

People change, star - the person I was when I married young to my first husband was a very different person to the one I am now. We grew apart, our interests went in different directions, it just didn't work out. I have no hard feelings towards him, I have no feelings at all - no interest in keeping in touch. You were very fortunate - it doesn't work out that way for everyone.

[starone]

I know I was lucky boxy! I have come to the conclusion that some people grow apart as they go through the years and some people grow closer. I was just lucky to have married someone who I grew closer to.

[Baldric]

OH and myself have been together since '84, we go down to Cornwall off season to stay with an ex of mine and her long term partner who own a small hotel, and they in turn come and stay with us when they can. We met up by chance when OH and I were on Holiday 18 to 20 years ago, all got on like a house on fire and still do!

[gness]

Nice when it's like that, Baldric...we're waiting for two of them to fall in love, marry and have to work out who's related and how....☺