so does anyone else get on with their ex and their new partner?

[queenrollo]

i am usually greeted with an odd look when people find out that i get on very well with my ex and his partner. Both myself and my partner go round for coffee when we pick up/drop off ds.
This morning I have seen on FB that she is unwell and i know my ex is out working so i have offered to go round if she needs anything and i know that certain people would find this odd.
When i go to collect ds my ex and i often walk into the village together with ds to get shopping, and if we bump into people we know they are visibly uncomfortable about seeing us together.

I know that i am very lucky to be able to have this. We don't socialise together but we do have a solid friendship between us, and all have an input into all aspects of ds life.

Surely i'm not the only person who has an amicable and indeed friendly relationship with the ex and their new partner. (I say new but we have both been with our respective partners for 2 years now and i have known her for over 7 years as a friend)

Yes, am friends with a few XPs and their partners. SOmetimes it takes time if the breakup was upsetting, but a lot of the time a relationship comes to an end because it just wasn't really working out, and the XP is not a wicked horrible person, but someone with qualities you once admired, and which s/he probably still has.
I think it's good to be friends with XPs and their new DPs especailly if you have DC with the X, though obviously i's a lot harder if Xp was seriously abusive.