Is it Okay to Date an Ex of a Friend ...

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Registered: 03-31-2007
Is it Okay to Date an Ex of a Friend ...
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Mon, 10-15-2007 - 11:29am

Is it Okay to Date an Ex of a Friend or Sibling? (see the second post here too)



  • Yes
  • No
  • Maybe, I need to explain my opinion


You will be able to change your vote.






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Registered: 03-31-2007
Mon, 10-15-2007 - 11:31am

The Hold My Purse Blogs & videos covered this controversial topic:

Is It OK To Date The "Ex" of a Friend or Sibling?
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Mon, 10-15-2007 - 11:40am
I'm not even going to read the accompanying post. To me that is a definite no-no.
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Registered: 02-28-2006
Mon, 10-15-2007 - 11:46am
I'm way past the stage of my life where dating is an issue, so I'm not going to vote in the poll, but I do have an anecdote to share. One of the guys I shared an apartment with during and shortly after college was going out with this girl for a while, and was totally smitten with her. She ended up dumping him in favor of another of our room mates, and wound up marrying room mate number 2. It later turned out that she was still legally married to her first husband, whom neither of my friends had known about. Yes, this really was as big a soap opera as it sounds. There were a lot of hurt feelings all around.







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Mon, 10-15-2007 - 12:41pm

I think it's a recipe for disaster. I guess if you're not really close to your *friend* then you don't stand much to loose, but I think in most cases, it will cause too much damage to your existing relationship.

I chose "maybe", just because I think there might be a very small percentage of people who can make this work, but it's not something I would do.













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Registered: 03-20-2003
Wed, 10-17-2007 - 3:15am

I said maybe.

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Registered: 02-17-2007
Thu, 10-18-2007 - 10:25pm
If I had ended the relationship, I wouldn't really care who dated him/her.