Being friends with ex's

Discussion in 'Relationships' started by TheLittleOne, Apr 25, 2007.

  1. TheLittleOne

    TheLittleOne Senior Member

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    Is it weird that I keep in touch with ex's? I don't mean phone calls or meet-ups. But emailing, IMing...sometimes texting, that sort of thing.
    I mean today, I have been in touch with 3 ex-boyfriends.
    I've always been a guy's girl, and the convos are completely platonic and friendly.
    I wonder if my boyfriend would care that I'm still friends with these guys? I know that I get really jealous if his ex calls him b/c she's crazy and wants him back. My ex's don't. We're just on nice speaking terms. We were once close...now we're not, but there's no bad blood.
    I think that it's better that my ex's like me, instead of hate me. I mean, that would be bad if I had broken all their hearts and they didn't want to speak to me. At least I know that I wasn't a bad girlfriend.
     
  2. SILVERWOLF_87

    SILVERWOLF_87 Member

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    Wow, that's quite impressive! Nothing wrong with being friendly with your ex's, nothing wrong with that at all!
     
  3. Anagaharad

    Anagaharad Member

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    well, ask your BF how he feels.

    If you are asking us about it, you must be feeling a little guilty about it.
     
  4. TheLittleOne

    TheLittleOne Senior Member

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    I do feel a little guilty, but I haven't done anything wrong.
     
  5. BraveSirRubin

    BraveSirRubin Members

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    I'm in touch with practically all of my ex-girlfriends (mostly through e-mail)... we have drifted apart a lot, but we still check on each other once a month or so.
     
  6. scratcho

    scratcho Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    I started to say how mature of you,then I saw that you said you get really jealous--so I won't say that.
     
  7. Geneity

    Geneity self-proclaimed advocate

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    I'm friends with all my ex's. In most cases, close friends. No hard feelings either way and most of them still hang out with me as friends (some live too far away). Staying friends with ex's is defiantly a positive thing. I don't like having enemies for no reason.
     
  8. -moonshine-memi-

    -moonshine-memi- Member

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    i am best friends with my ex. we have a very unhealthy relationship.


    thats besides the point.
    lightly tap your current boy and see if he has any problems with it before he finds out on his own time.
     
  9. DancerAnnie

    DancerAnnie Resident Beach Bum

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    I'm still friends with a couple of my ex's. They are great people, just not for me.
    And I think they felt the same...so it worked out, I think. Sometimes people are WAYYY better off as friends than anything more...

    I'm not friends with all of my ex's, though...but for good reason. Somehow wanting to be friends with a guy that used to beat me up, or a guy that stole my dad's car and all the stuff in it, seems unnatural.
     
  10. ZePpeLinA

    ZePpeLinA Jump around!

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    I'm not friends with any of my exes. It's best that way. They weren't that good people, i guess you have to make mistakes to learn certain things.
     
  11. Bella Désordre

    Bella Désordre Charmed

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    None of my exes want to be friends with me. I think I am a pretty nice person and have no idea why.
     
  12. His Eden

    His Eden Queen of Mean

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    I used to be friends with my ex husband, but he remarried and his wife hates me because she is insecure and thinks I want him back. I am not insecure and don't think that I was a bad wife, we just sucked at being married. I am also remarried (8+ years) and extremely happy about it.

    As for being friends with your ex's there is nothing wrong with it.....except the not telling your boyfriend. When he finds out (and he will) he will feel lied to....best to avoid that.
     
  13. mlee27

    mlee27 Member

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    couldn't have been that good of a girlfriend if your not still with them, or maybe u broke up with them? well either way if you are jealous about your mans ex's you shouldn't blame him if he gets upset about it, and why stay friends it didn't work out romantically
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  14. Geneity

    Geneity self-proclaimed advocate

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    My current boyfriend is jealous I'm friends with my ex's. He doesn't make a big deal of it, but when they call, or message me, he gets uncomfortable., I told him before we even began going out, so he seems to put up with it. It's understandable though.
     

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