Partner's Ex love ur Friend or Enemy ?

@Karunvig (714)
India
October 8, 2010 9:07am CST
DO u prefer to be the friends with the X parter of ur spouse... ;) Will u respect the relation they shared or u will feel jelaous tht thy were together ?? For me I wil be proud tht thy were together and she comes to knw tht he was the bastrd and i was the one for her ;) ... wat u say guyz ?
3 responses
• Philippines
8 Oct 10
I prefer to be an x-men. They're so cool. They have claws and optic blasts and stuff.
• United States
8 Oct 10
I wouldn't go so far to say that every ex of my partner will be my enemy-- but I certainly have no desire to be friends with any of them. I don't know any of his actual ex-girlfriends, so there is no reason for me to become friends with them. They are a part of his past, and that is how it is. I wouldn't expect him to become friends with any of my past boyfriends/lovers. If he did, okay, but it is hard to know that this person was with the girl/guy you love in a romantic way. It just seems like an open door to trouble. Especially if not a lot of time has passed. As a note, he did go on a few dates with a girl I knew from work. That's how we met-- she introduced us after she got back together with her ex. I was going to try to be okay with it and still be friends with her. Until she got mad at him for having plans with me on a day she decided she wanted to hang out with him. She demanded that he choose between the two of us. There's more to it than that, of course, but the point is-- it's not just about you being able to handle it. There are three people involved-- more, if the ex now has a new partner. If the ex or the boyfriend/girlfriend bring emotions like this onto the table, it really does invite trouble. Sometimes it feels like the right thing to do is to be friendly with everyone-- but I would rather be honest and not have that resentment build up within me. He chose me. We are pleasant and professional with one another at work, but there is no reason to try to be friends with her because I don't like that she did that and don't want that negativity in my life or my relationship.
• United States
8 Oct 10
I cannot be friends with my partners exes. I can be amicable and pleasant but no shopping and or girl time this I cannot do. As I would expect my partner to do the same. Bless all who can I just can't see me doing so.