If You Have an Ex Are You Still Friends ?
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My ex and I split up 17/18yrs ago and didn’t speak for a couple of years unless it was to do with the 2 kids we had. We really didnt like eachother back then Which I found quite sad as we had been really good mates at school before we became an item. Any way fast forward a few years and I am now helping him find a decent car as I’m a bit of a petrol head and he is not 
. We seem to get on ok and have done for the last few years. A couple of my friends think that this is weird !!! There is definately no romantic feelings between us we are just friends now.
Many one else friends with their ex or am I really that weird ? 
You don't say if either of you are in a relationship, if not it is easy to be friends unless something awful happened in the marriage. However all of my exes have moved on and when loved up in a new relationship they don't usually want to know.
I only had children with my first and we were together about 16 years. I was only 33 when he left me for a 21 year old and moved to Oz. I won't go into details on a public forum but he is now on wife number 4 and hasn't ever seen his grandchildren.
I met some one around the time me and my ex split and although we still don’t live together we do still see each other. My ex has had a couple of partners and a child with some one soon after we split. My ex and myself don’t hang out together or anything but we know we are only a message away if we want to chat or anything. It purely is nothing more than friendship.
Wife number 4 
sounds like you had a lucky escape 
I'm still friends with my ex, for my sons sake. It's a very hard situation and there's certainly no love there on my part. I still cook for him,wash his clothes,etc. I do it for my son to make sure they have a good relationship.its very hard but knowing that their relationship will grow n be a good one is all i focus on.i grew up living without both my parents so i break my back to make sure that my son n his dad have a good relationship.
I read somewhere recently that being able to stay friends with an ex meant either one of two things: You were never in love
OR You still are!
davidstockport defo no love now. Simply doing the best to make sure that my son has the best relationship with his dad.
davidstockport i do what's right by my son. When your dying you do the best for your kids to make sure they have a bond with their dad.
tinakittyjay I think we're at cross purposes - there is a difference between tolerating an ex partner for children's sake and having them as a FRIEND.
I wouldn't cook for him or wash his clothes. I hope that isn't what makes him sustain the relationship with his son, otherwise why would you, it makes him less than useless.
Not friends with any of my exes but my husband is friends with his ex and sons mum. They didn't speak for a long time after splitting but in recent years have managed to put the past in the past and we all get on now which is so much nicer for the children.
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