Is it possible to be friends with an ex?

[Noname Given]

I'm wondering what everyone thinks about dating and friendships that come from a date or an ex. Has anyone actually had a decent friendship from an ex? Or is there always one person that likes the other in more than a friendly way?

And yes i figured a Star Trek site is the perfect place to ask this, it's not like Trek fans don't fuck.

No. Can't state it any simpler than that.

 

[Finn]

^did you read the posts of many others? It obviously isn't simple, for you perhaps, but not for others

 

[T'Girl]

Because we move in the same group of friends, a man I made the mistake of breaking things off with last summer is still in my life, so we semi-socialize. always was easy to talk to. He is a good ex.

A negative ex would be a girl I dated two years ago. She a high maintenance, drama queen, bad girl. She still calls me about her problems, my problem is the damn electricity I feel from her even over the fukking phone.

How much I continue to want her is mitigated by the memory of the time she tried to drown me in the bathtub.

 

[Small White Car]

No. Can't state it any simpler than that.

I married my ex.

I don't think anything can prove you more wrong than that!

 

[Vanyel]

My ex and I are best of friends. We still talk to each other everyday.

 

[bigdaddy]

He is a good ex.

A negative ex would be a girl I dated two years ago. She a high maintenance, drama queen, bad girl. She still calls me about her problems, my problem is the damn electricity I feel from her even over the fukking phone.

I thought that said "He is good sex".

I hate people like that, just can not stand them. I would not answer the phone.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I suppose it's possible. I would love to be friends with my exes but they all moved away and I lost track of them.

 

[T'Girl]

He is a good ex.

I thought that said "He is good sex".

That's one of the reasons I broke up with him, the sex was just "good."

 

[bigdaddy]

ZING!

Yeah good and sex aren't that great together, unless you only had sex once, then it could just be an off day.

 

[DonIago]

Bah, sex is like pizza, even when it's bad it's still pretty good.

 

[RJDiogenes]

"Bad sex" is an oxymoron.

 

[jamestyler]

My exes either love me or freaking hate me, there's really no middle ground there.

Same with me. Though it's pretty comfortably in the hate part of things

I wouldn't call my son's father and I friends, but we have a working relationship so my son doesn't feel there's any animosity between us.

I have the same with an ex. We ave a daughter and despite her doing some nasty, stupid, ridiculously hurtful things after we broke up - we try to be on good terms and even fit in the odd chat and gossip catch up.

We're never going to be best friends and I'm not going to forgive her for anything - but if we can get alng for the sake of our kid, then all the better for her.

I think her parents are a great example. They split up over a decade ago and still see each other socially on a regular basis and family stuff... which is great for the whole family that they could get past it. Even if it took them a while.

The only ex I acually like and would keep as a friend is one that I dated years ago. We've grown up quite a bit since then, changed a lot and get along much better as friends than we ever did dating. It's kind of like we were supposed to be friends... but it took a little while for us to realise that.

 

[bigdaddy]

"Bad sex" is an oxymoron.

No it really isn't. Maybe you just need to have more sex and see the difference.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I've remained on good terms with all of my exs, but there's only one that I'm actively friends with - see, talk to frequently - after a goodly number of years (14). One just loses touch.

 

[judge alba]

still good friends with my ex. In a way it was her that intruduced me to her best friend saying we needed a partner. best bit of advice she's ever said to me

 

[melancholymecha]

I was just skimming throught the thread titles in misc here & for some reason I just read this as "Is it possible to be friends with an ax?"

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ It could be. One bad thing about being friends with an ax...if they call you, you'd better come running, chop-chop!

 

[Flavius]

I married one of them. And yes, we are friends.

 

[bigdaddy]

^ It could be. One bad thing about being friends with an ax...if they call you, you'd better come running, chop-chop!

That is horrible....

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Oh come on, my razor-sharp wit slices directly to the heart of the matter and you know it.