NATALIE: Is it wrong to entertain your ex-boyfriend? Like answering his text and calls? Not necessarily seeing each other.
Staying in touch with an Ex ranks among the top ten causes of relationship conflicts and separation in dating relationships and marriages today.
Most break-ups issues I received in my inbox this last week alone were caused by maintaining contact with a Exes.
All of the people who confessed to me that they are in love with two people at the same time also reported this other person was an Ex.
In a marriage, according to professional studies, Ex partners trigger the same level of conflict as the in-laws…
If you want to keep your relationship then lose your Ex. If you try keeping your Ex one day you will end up only with your Ex. Your partner will definitelypull out with time. That’s a promise.
The word Ex means crossed out, Ex means someone has gone through the Exit door of your life. If they are still in your life why call them Exes? If you are still in touch then why call it a break up?
I say if you don’t want to fall for your ex again, keep your distance. There is no way you can keep in touch with your ex and say you are just having a friendly talk.
There can be love after friendship but there cannot be friendship after love. Be advised. Feelings are reborn through association.
So don’t fool yourself and don’t mess up your current partner’s life. Don’t bother remembering your Ex’s birthday – X means cut out and cut off.
If you want your Ex, just stick to your Ex. If you want your partner, stay with your partner. In trying to keep everything you may end up with nothing.
If you still want relations then you are NOT Exes and your current partner is very right to be insecure or to leave.
There is nothing as painful as loving someone who is still hanging onto the past. Whether it’s a bitter past or a sweet one.
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