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Anyone still in touch with their exes

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HighlandWorrier · 24/06/2019 18:30

There is just one that I'm on friendly terms with. I shouldn't really be as he was a shit to me but that was a long time ago and we actually get along quite well and might have been together if it was the right time / place etc. The others I couldn't care less what they're up to these days.

So has anyone else kept in touch with their exes or ceased all contact upon breaking up?

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WhiteLightTrainWreck · 24/06/2019 18:36

I ceased contact with both my ex's.

First we stayed friends at his instigation for a while but it didn't work out, he ended the relationship and we struggled to make that change from couple to friends, it got awkward.
Second, he cheated, we quit our rented house, moved home, tried to keep the relationship going for a couple more months but couldn't get past it.

DP on the other hand is friends with his, although it's more of an acquaintanceship thanks to Facebook...

Stompythedinosaur · 24/06/2019 18:52

Yes, I'm good friends with a couple of mine. There's an ex who I dated for 3 years during uni who I regularly visit along with our dps and dc. I don't think it's odd.

The only ex I don't have contact with is the one who behaved like a dick.

Whocansay · 24/06/2019 19:12

I'm a guardian for the children of one of my exes! A couple of other exes were horrid, so I wouldn't want contact with them. Another one I was good friends with for a while, but then he got engaged and his fiance didn't want him having contact with me anymore. That made me sad.

Titsywoo · 24/06/2019 19:15

Of my 4 exes I'm still friends with 3. 2 have married friends of mine and the other I've stayed friends with even though they live far away (he's also friends with my DH). None ended badly enough for me to dislike them.

LaBelleSauvage123 · 24/06/2019 19:18

Friends ( in quite a distant way) with 3 of the 4; sadly the 4th died young, but I hadn’t stayed in touch with him.

TheFlis12345 · 24/06/2019 19:25

Two of my ex’s came to our wedding! Smile

lljkk · 24/06/2019 20:17

Only one of them dumped me, I think that makes a difference.

1 x lost all contact, could probably find if wanted, we would be friendly if we bumped into each other

1 x I vaguely have contact with professionally; he said no when I asked him for a favour & now I snub him!

1 x struggles to see me, but we could have a friendly email exchange

2 x I am in regular contact with (one did me a favour 2 weeks ago, the other is a great Facebook friend; always funny & warm); DH knows & likes last 2.

x2boys · 24/06/2019 20:51

No I don't see the point ,but saying that I'm friends on Facebook with someone I had a few flings with in my 20,s but we used to work together so it was a more fwb thing

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