Are You Still Friends With Your Ex?

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So would you consider each other friends, co-parents or both?

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Do you, your husband, and your ex every hang out together?

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When we can- my ex lives over an hour away- so we only get to hang out a couple times a year.

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Oh, okay. Thanks for sharing.

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Both. Being co-parents gave us something in common, and enabled us to get through the hostility of divorce to being friends.

However, there is nothing other than friendship between us. He wasn't even terribly interested in sex while we were married. I'd hardly want to go back to that frustration again.

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Thanks for clarifying.

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Less so now that he has a new baby at home, but yes. It's typically with a group rather than 1 on 1 but it does happen occasionally.

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Oh okay. Thanks for sharing.

I am not friends with any exes except for one who was technically my first "boyfriend" back in junior high (so like....16 years ago?). We were friends before and we stayed friends after (cuz let's be honest, relationships in 7th/8th grade aren't that serious lol). He and his gf are coming to the wedding, and I'm happy they're able to make it.

Otherwise, I haven't talked to any of my exes in years. I'd be cordial if I ran into them, but I'm not seeking them out lol. FH doesn't talk to any of his exes either.

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Would you consider that to fall under the category of " the exes were never really in love so a platonic friendship is possible"?

View Quoted Comment If you wanted to categorize it, I suppose so.

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Okay, thanks for clarifying.

We were civil for years but the woman he is with now hates me because I was his first long term partner so unfortunately it is extremely uncomfortable now if we see each other in public. It's not a big deal though because it doesn't happen too often and we are both happy with our current lives/ partners.

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That is so unfortunate.

I work with my ex-husband of 20 years so yeah, i'd say so.

View Quoted Comment 😮 wow what a coincidence.

My exhusband and I aren’t friends, but we’re nice to each other. Conversations are 100% about the kids. It’s been over 6 years since our divorce and I feel like I don’t know him at all anymore.

View Quoted Comment Being cordial for the kids is important.

View Quoted Comment Yeah. His family owns the company I work for and have worked for since 98. I also grew up with his family since I was a year old so I'll always be close with the family.

I was engaged before. I am not friends with him, nor is anyone still in my life, because he was emotionally abusive and ended up in jail for A Really Good Reason.

So, no.

Other, less serious exes? Yeah, I have some kind of friendship with 2 of them (mostly social media based), but it's been more than 15 years since we "dated".

FH is still friends with his 2 exes, but neither of them were very serious.