What do you think about your ex???

Put it this way, If I was on a sinking ship and I had the choice of saving my ex or a complete stranger, I'd save the stranger.

Like other things in life, its the combination of intensity and time that leaves a mark - the intensity of feelings amplified by the length of time you felt that way. So, a long un-intense thing or a very intense short term thing are easier to get over then an intense, longer relationship. I had some ex's I got over quickly and one that took a long while. You may have no feelings, mixed feelings, anger or love. But if you've broken up, and you loved him but not the other way around, then he wasn't the one for you and your feelings should diminish. That doesn't mean you forget it happened. Just learn from it. Start building new connections to other people and some of those feelings will eventually build up in another direction. Don't dwell on the past and don't rush into anything before you are ready.

i'm not like other people. if it's an ex it's an ex. I don't go out of my way to make them a friend. how can I be friends with someone I don't trust anymore? aside from that I like to keep everything from my past in the past. I find that having exes around will only make you look back and regret the things that you've done. so for me, if it's done it's done. I have enough friends as it is and if I wanted a new, it sure as hell won't be any of my exes or anyone associated to them for that matter.

My ex is one of my best friends - which I know does NOT happen very often, and I know I am VERY lucky. Like you, things just didn't work out between us, but he is a great guy, an amazing friend and we get along SO well as friends (just not as boyfriend and g/f).

THAT SAID - that process took a long time. I know people always break up and say, "let's be friends," but the truth is, it doesn't really work like that - for most people. we have been broken up for nearly 8 years, and it took over a year for us to get over the break up, re-connect and become friends again. You can't rush something like that - sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn't. I think in the near-term after a break up, you need that space, and if you end up becoming friends again, so much the better, but don't plan on it.

*good luck!*

i love my ex he's one of my best friends! we get on great tell each other everything and trust each other 100% he's just one of the best friends ever we didn't end on bad terms or for reasons that were bad so we stayed good friends and sometimes I think oh ill never get a boyfriend like him again( he has a girlfriend ) but I know ill get someone as nice one day I don't have feelings for him though I just think he's the nicest person