Can you be friends with an ex you love?

If you genuinely love spending time together and have a bunch of shared hobbies, interests, and mutual friends, thats totally valid. Just make sure youre not trying to substitute a platonic relationship for your romantic relationship just because its easier to still have them in your life that way.

Is it a bad idea to be friends with your ex?

But even if your relationship was generally healthy and simply didnt work out, you might want to think twice before becoming pals. One 2000 study, for example, found that friendships between exes were more likely to have negative qualities, and less likely to have positive ones, than cross-sex platonic friendships.

Is it possible to remain friends after a breakup?

Remaining friends after a breakup isnt always easy, but if you both truly want it and are willing to handle things carefully, it can be done. Just be sure its what you really want so no one ends up even more hurt by being broken up with twice — romantically and platonically.

Why do guys want to stay friends after a break up?

There are four main reasons, Rebecca Griffith and her colleagues found, why exes feel compelled to maintain a friendship or to suggest doing so: for civility (i.e., I want this breakup to hurt less than it will otherwise), for reasons relating to unresolved romantic desires (I want to see other people but keep you