My longterm partner and I split 18months ago, his choice. After him staying at a friends on the sofa for a few weeks whilst still talking as friends we came to the arrangement of living together still as friends as neither of us could afford to keep up the mortgage payments alone. We are mostly amicable and recently I've found myself feeling like I want to start dating again. He gets very touchy about who I talk to or am with, I think it's due to guilt and I just tell him it's not his business anymore and he will sulk for a few days. I've been chatting to a friend I've known for years who has asked me out. I want to go and move on but I don't want to hurt the ex and make stuff at home uncomfortable. Since we split I got a better job in order to save some money and can now just about afford the house on my own but he can't still. He is rubbish with money and can't afford a place of his own and has no where else he can go. I feel incredibly guilty that I want him to go but at the same time feel that he should be making a effort to sort his life out because this situation can't carry on. I don't think it's fair on either of us and definitely not fair on me bringing a new person into my situation which I don't want to do, I want a fresh clean start and don't know how to go about it? Has anyone had a similar experience of living with an ex and moving on? How do you broach the whole living apart?