does your family still talk to your ex?
By windymyre
@windymyre (210)
United States
July 31, 2009 10:50am CST
Does anyone in your family still talk to your ex? This drives me crazy! My mom caused a lot of problems for my husband & I when she ran into my ex-boyfriend at a store & they became the very best of friends. I don't know why someone in their 20s wants to be friends with my parents in their 50s. My mom would say in front of my husband that my ex wants to leave his wife & get back together with me. Then my husband saw him at a store & asked him & he said he never said that. I don't know who to believe. My ex isn't stupid & if he did say that, he surely wouldn't admit it to my husband. And my mom still talks to a lot of my brother's ex-girlfriends too. Some of them are smart & know that my mom liked their children & will babysit or buy them gifts. He doesn't like that my mom keeps in contact with them either. Do you think it is wrong for your family to have a friendship with your ex(s) when you want that person out of your life & do not want to hear anything about them?
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@idowrite72 (2213)
• United States
1 Aug 09
It really could be a bad situation for you, but it has happened in my family as well, but probably not as close a friendship. One of my daughter's ex's used to call me and come by and talk to me all the time, and my daughter really didn't like it. I didn't see him as a NEW best friend and we didn't even talk much about her or even their time together. Sometimes we did, but more times than not, he was telling me about his present life and how unhappy he was in it. I think it was more a matter of him needing someone to talk to and I have always been a good ear for others to talk to and was there for him to talk to at the time. It has been years since I have heard from him now. One of my daughters is a close friend with one of my son's ex girlfriends and she has been known to hang out with my daughter and the current girlfriend with no problem.
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
1 Aug 09
I saw a guy before I met my husband, but it wasn't that serious. However, I was smart enough not to tell anyone I knew about him, because I knew that it wasn't going to be aserious relationship. We both knew that, and we're still friends. Hubby knows about him, knows the situation and understands. Now I'm with hubby, my first real relationship, and we're going to stay together forever. I guess we would have to, now that my crazy family knows about him. ROFLMAO
