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Do you believe it's OK to be friends with your exes? How does your partner feel about it?
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Yes but you need to have healthy boundaries!!
Its ok but their should be respect and boundaries. I don't talk to mine nor talk about them. I have a wife to talk to
I think that's a double standard right now. I believe that I can and I absolutely think not for him and his ex wife.
I am not sure how he really thinks about this I just know how he feels about a particular individual.
I am not sure how he really thinks about this I just know how he feels about a particular individual.
I think it's ok to be friends with your ex but there are centain boundries that can't be crossed. It's all about trust. I'm not sure how she feels about it though.
In the case that you have children with your ex and they see both parents then you have to be civil about it.
It's okay to be friends but not to live in their pockets & if you have children together you need to keep communicating with one another but I hate that ex husbands let their new wives decide what the ex wife is or isn't allowed to do in respect of things for the child! Eg clothes provided for the child, braces etc! It sux that agreements are made but once a new wife is on the scene they let them over rule that decision!
Female, >50 years, Married, NZ | Mar 07, 2012
Female, >50 years, Married, NZ | Mar 07, 2012
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I think so but there definitely needs to be boundaries.and no communication on a everyday basis and be open about it and it also depends on how they ended too.if they can't abide by this then no
It totally depends on the ex and whether there might still be "trouble" there. I wouldn't mind if he were friends with any of his exes.
I've never ended up being close friends with an ex, but I'm on good terms with all of them and correspond with a few. I think its possible in theory to end up being good friends with an ex especially after a long time has passed and the ex and the current SO are kind who'd be friends anyway.
We got married at 17 & 21 - this question is null & void :-)
I think they COULD be depending on the nature of the relationship, time apart, and where they each are currently. It's not that important tho. I've learned that over the years.
I think it is OK, and is necessary to be civil when children are involved. However, to be friends with people you have slept with, or had a long term relationship with is not necessary. My wife and I do not need that many friends
i think its ok but they cant juss br showin up at mhyy house i bet my man would be mad
FUCK NO!
Nope! An ex is an ex for a reason!
Definitely. As long as you are completely open and honest about it and aren't secretly communicating with them without telling your partner. If there's nothing going on that could hurt your relationship, there's no reason to hide it. If there is, perhaps you shouldn't be in a relationship. The only exception would be if the relationship with the ex was based primarily on sex, in which case it's obviously not appropriate to continue to see/talk to them.
Sure. And we've clarified this before, I think. Pretty mutual there: keep good friends but be nice about it.
Male, 41-50 years, Dating | Mar 25, 2012
Male, 41-50 years, Dating | Mar 25, 2012
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