Are you "ex"-amining the possibility of being friends with an ex?

You may feel that you and your ex have known each other "ex"-ceptionally well in some ways, so why not keep each other in your lives? At the same time, though, such a friendship could bring some "ex"-tra complications and make your romantic life going forward "ex"-ceptionally harder if you are not careful. A future partner could even end up uttering some "ex"-pletives about you and your ex.

So, the big question, then, is whether a friendship with a former squeeze is worth the squeeze. Well, such a friendship could be an "ex"-ceedingly bad idea if you haven't yet fully processed what happened in that previous romance and effectively let go of feelings for or against your ex. Therefore, if the answer to any of the following ten questions is "yes," then you may want to put an "X" on any plans to be friends with your ex.

Let's start off by flipping the question around and asking why—why do you even care to be friends with your ex? Do you have to jointly care for a child together? Is there something essential and irreplaceable about your ex? Or are you doing this as standard practice, to alleviate guilt, or to hold on to part of your past? Without a strong reason, it may be better to just move on........

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