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There is one ex I had from 3 years ago who I broke up respectfully as I possibly could. That didn’t stop her from going ballistic and completely psycho. She looked to me as a savior and I just didn’t want that. She threatened to kill herself after the split and it got so bad her family called the cops.

But I was so lonely and frustrated at the time they I pushed myself into the relationship just to feel “ normal” (almost all my friends are married, have kids or at least serious with someone).

Not to say I didn’t like her, I did. But there are were things I noticed about her early that were huge warning signs but I was sick of being running single weird guy joke among friends and family. I jumped into the relationship out of practicality.

THAT I regret. I’ve had past women do much worse to me than that. Still though it’s actually better to be lonely than to be with someone who drives you nuts. However I regret getting her hopes up.

If I started dating a woman and she told me that she still spent time with her ex (a former sexual partner,) I would probably tell her to call me when she was finished with her ex. I think that having a "friendship" with an ex would look suspicious to most potential new partners and it would hinder me from moving forward, so I try to do total "no contact" when we break up (that's "no contact" like never, ever gonna see you again, and not "no contact" so you'll miss me and come running back into my arms.)

Do you try to remain friends with your exes? Why? Has that ever caused problems for you when you got into a new relationship?