Is it ever a good idea to be friends with your ex?

Hello again msoreally93. I've been thinking a lot about your question lately, even though I have previously posted a response. It is a good question. I think it would be a good idea to be friends with your ex if friendship were possible. If two sensible and responsible adults both came to the sad conclusion that they are not right for each other as a couple and they agreed to separate amicably and fairly, a friendship may well be worthwhile but it would require open minded respect and trust. I do not know many ex couples who separated this way, do you? As far as I can see, when a relationship comes to grief it is often because respect and trust were lacking in the deal somewhere, and the couple split because at least one of them simply could not take any more of it. In that sad situation if mutual respect and trust had even been possible the split may not have occurred at all.