Is it possible to...

[MamaPingu]

Be truly happy in a new relationship but still have a big soft spot for an ex?

Or if you were completely happy would there no longer be a soft spot?

What are your thoughts on this? Because I bumped into my ex the other day and we were talking a little and it just brought back floods of memories and feelings if I'm honest

I think sometimes a distance from a person - whether a relationship breakdown or even a death - means that you start to see them through rose-tinted spectacles. You forget the bad times and focus on the happy memories. Which of course may be a good thing...

Do you feel that could still happen if you were really happy with DP?
Or could it happen to anyone?

I agree with the Rose tinted glasses. I often think of our lovely memories together but it's easy to overlook the times I was left in floods of tears and heartbroken

i think the answer is yes, although i have no personal experience apart from when me and my now hubby had a break 7 years ago and i met someone else and he met someone else we still had a thing for each other and obviously did end up together, but i guess our situation was different we had only been apart a metter of weeks and both in rebound relationships.

My close friend is totally obsessed with her ex even though shes married with kids, ive been with her on a night out when shes bumped into him and shes not taken her eyes off him