You loved your ex and you were with them for awhile. And it's natural to want to keep tabs on them or turn to them for advice and support. But what about when you're in a new relationship? Is it okay to still have your ex in your life -- or is there no room once you're with someone new? Check out what these New Yorkers had to say.


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i personally wouldnt have a problem with depending on the circumbstances. if your signifigant other is still friends with a previous endeavour, the easiest way 2 find out if there are still sparks between the 2 a desired destination. pay attention to the body language. 85% of communication is non-verbal. if the situation looks off, then u should know what it is. but i could be wrong. there are a lot of people who are jus real friendly....
 
i dont think its possible to stay friends with an ex im going through that now and i was in love and he hurt me now im trying to pretend that i can be friends and it isnt working cause he is seeing other women and it hurts so i told him i couldnt do this anymore that i cant just be friends i had to say goodbye which was the hardest thing i had to do but its probably for the best but no its not possible i wish it was Brie
 
well firs i wanna say hi Tyra i am a 14 year old and i was tryin to do a report on u wen i found this site and omg i think u should stay friends with an ex because yes at first DUH... its gonna be ocquard but also u should not just say were over and never tak to themagain i mean wat is that showing other people ............ i think it is prettymuch saying u r a spine less HOE (excuse my launguage) but any ways i think no there should not bea second chance but i think friend ship lasts for ever and NOTHING should ruin that that is something special and to throw it away is dumb omg thanks fr listeningtyra U totaly rock
 
I personally don't know why people have trouble staying friends with their exes. I have a couple of exes who I don't speak with today, but that's because we have grown apart. However, even if I ran into one of them, I would speak with them. I have never had problem staying friends with my exes. In fact, I count 2 of them among my closest friends today, even though I'm happily married. (my husband is friends with them too!)If they aren't good enough to be your friends, why would you ever have dated them?
 
I don't think its possible to not talk to them or have any connection with them after breaking up if you loved them. I mean your probably going to have a lot of jealously issues if you still have feelings for them. If it was an ex that was rude and abused you then I would hope that you wouldn't want to be friends with them at all. But not talking to an ex that you loved I think is not even possible.
 
I think it is a problem because it is IMPOSSIBLE for two people to be just friends. one person always feels more attracted in some way and that is ASKING for problems in the new relationship. Past is the PAST. leave it behind you....even tho its hard
 
I think it's ok for ex's to be friends. Not super close, hangout every night kind of friends, but I think it's ok to call them every once in a while to see how things are going. As far as starting a new relationship goes, I think it's best for the ex to be not in the other person's life at the moment because like people have said, it's not easy and you can mix feelings; the old with the new. And that is not a good way to start any kind of relationship. But overall, I think ex's can be "just friends"..
 
I DONT THINK THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING FRIENDS WITH YOUR EX AS LONGEST YOU ARE SINGLE...BUT IF YOU ARE WITH SOMEONE ELSE THAT WILL BRING YOU A LOT OF PROBLEMS.BUT IF YOU STILL LIKE OR LOVE THIS PERSON A LOT LIKE IN MY CASE THAT I STILL HAVE FEELINGS FOR MY EX IS REALLY HARD NOT TO TALK TO HIM AND SEE HIM..AND EVERY TIME I SEE HIM WE HAVE TO HAVE SEX EVEN DOUGHT I HAVE MY BOYFRIEND AND BEEN TOGETHER FOR 7 YEARS AND I BEEN KNOWING MY EX FOR 9 YEARS..SO IS REALLY HARD FOR ME TO CHOOSE I JUST DONT KNOW WHY..
 
i think as long as your ex isnt after still then it is fine.
 
NO NOT AT ALL BECAUSE IF YOU DO THAAT YOU CAN END P MESSING YOUR NEW RELATONSHIP UP. YOU TEND TO MIX YOUR FEELINGS FROM YOUR LAST RELATIONSHIP TO THE ONE YOUR IN NOW. SO NO NO NO NO NO NOT POSSIBLE.
 
It is NOT okay to be friends with an ex under any circumstance. It has nothing to do with maturity or insecurities. I don't care how long you have known the person or if you have kids. Of course be civil; not friends and keep it about the kids only! If you can't move on with life then you should have stayed together and made it work. If you both truly valued each others friendship so much then why didn't you at the time when together make it work-because you have kids or becuase of whatever other sorry justifications you can come up with to "be friends"?? When I see ex's fall into this game I think 1 is gullable to think you can have a friendship with the ex free of emotional affair or physical and the other is using the gullable one as a back up or for whatever else they are getting. Do all parties involed a favor and move on, its not healthy.
 
It depends on the type of relationship. If the two aren't serious and are just starting to see eachother and are honest about communication with their ex's then there isn't a problem. It does however prevent the relationship from getting serious. How can you build on your current relationship through connecting emotionally when the two are still emotionally attached to their ex's. Cheating isn't just physical. There is such a thing as emotional cheating and most times it leads to the physical cheating.
 
You can definitely remain good friends with an ex to an extent. I think if you guys had a good relationship and if the decision was mutual that this works out great for the both of you. Hey, you might need em for something from time to time. If you tust them, who else better to use then someone you've known for some time. Why hate your ex if you have no reason to. Meanwhile if there was some type of drama going on there I doubt very seriously that this would be able to work. Another scenario.. are kids involved? If so, yea you should definitely try to stay friends. But, things happen. I say try. Atleast you did that. If you feel u cant.. F#$% em. LOL
 
i think you can stay freinds with an ex... personally, i am still very close with almost all of my exes, we hang out, we talk about pretty much everything, and we're always there for each other... there's only one ex i'm not freinds with, and that's only because of the nature of our breakup. in my opinion, just because they're your ex, doesn't mean they can't still be in your life.
 
i believe that you should remain friends with your ex unless you broke up because something bad happened with your relationship. i maintain a really good relationship with all my ex's. i cant always talk to them about my current relationships because its really awkward but they're always there for me and we get along really well.



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