Is it better to have a clean break or stay friends?

I think it depends on the situation - like if you can still be friends and still want to be friends, I say go for it! In the past, I've broken up with some women that I would not ever want to be around again because I found out what their real personalities were. However, I'm still friends with most of the women I've dated and found that they make better friends than girlfriends for me! We have had our disagreements, but in the end, we realized that we really did respect each other as friends.

A clean break is always a must, in my opinion. Only after the reality of the end of a dating relationship has set in and both have fully accepted the change can attempts at maintaining a friendship be employed. Assuming that is what all parties involved desire.

Depends on your relationship, but for most, it's best to cut off communication completely. Only because one person might take advantage over the other.

It's totally variable. Some people don't want to be friends with someone who broke their heart. Other people want to be friends with those people, because they were someone they cared about enough to have their heart broken by them (sounds unusual, but it's true). Some couples manage to stay in touch and hookup every so often. It all depends on the attitudes and personalities of the people who were involved.

Like most of the ladies said, depends on how things are and the situation you two were in.
as of now, I am friends with both of my ex girlfriends, if anything it took a long while before we reached this level again, but I don't believe it is impossible, but again depending on the situation.

RUN FOR THE HILLS! Staying as friends only works on the Sitcoms like Seinfeld.

I have the same prob so can you help me. I am totally in love with him still sooo when we broke up I had to cut of allll contact just to keep from crying ps still isolated from him

Some people think you can't be friends with an ex-lover; I disagree. It depends on the situation. If it was a horrible relationship with abuse, cheating, and other terrible things, then it would be a good idea to completely cut off contact. Cutting off contact would give the person the opportunity to heal, forgive, and move on. Friends after an abusive relationship? I don't know about that one! Now, if a couple broke up for other reasons (just not working) then it would be good to just stay friends. It may be a better relationship as friends any way. We should never just burn bridges because we never know when we'll need someone in the future. It's up to the couple, of course!

Stay friends if it possible. How long did you date. Were you friends before you started dating.

I voted for stay friends, but now that I think about it, it depends on the situation. If you were friends before the relationship, then I would say it might be good to try and be friends after the break up. Then again, it also depends on the terms of the break up. If it is amicable, then be friends if you can.

If it's too hard to be around that person and you don't think you can be friends, then make a clean break. Staying around someone that you still care about and love could make it hard to get over the break up.

So to sum up, it depends on your situation. Do what you feel is best for you and what will help you deal with the situation best.

If you still feel something for him then no, trust me because I've tried and it doesn't work out.