Friends Dating Your Ex Boyfriend Quotes & Sayings

Last Updated: September 1, References. She provides therapy to people who struggle with addictions, mental health, and trauma in community health settings and private practice. There are 14 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. This article has been viewed , times. Breakups can be tough.

Has anyone ever had a good friend who started dating an ex (boyfriend/girlfriend/​wife/husband), and how did you handle it? And I’m referring.

It just sort of happened. In discussing this topic with my female friends, it seems to me that men are especially experienced in dealing with this dilemma. Say a friend of mine breaks up with so-and-so, and we run into her at a party. In some ways this is perfectly natural. This sort of stuff happens more than you might think. But you do need to make sure you go about this right. Anyone who has had any sort of meaningful romantic relationship can tell you that—over it or not—it would be difficult for them to be around their ex.

A buddy of mine recently mentioned that he might invite my ex to a party that we were going to and asked what I thought about that. Breakups require space. We all know the difference between a fling and something more.