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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why?

I'm now late 40s, and we've all moved on since high school and college.

My college boyfriend knew my mother, father, grandparents (all now deceased).

We broke up because we were too young, and we were better friends than long-term marriage partners. Our current partners and spouses have no problem with us being friends (Friends on Facebook).

We share mutual friends, so we're still in the same social and familial circles.

As a woman, I like to stay friends with exes, at least after some time passes, because it makes me feel as if we were important to each other beyond just a sexual relationship. If we meant something to each other as people, why would we not want to still be friends?

The older I get, I can see why if the guy or girl was purposely a jerk and stayed a jerk or sought revenge on you, then you wouldn't want to be friends.

Any other reasons? [/quote]

I don't think that I have ever dating anyone for just a "sexual relationship". It has always meant more to me. I had my first boyfriend at 19, and I wanted to marry him. I would have if he did not turn out to be so insecure or deceiptful.

I don't like insecure people as friends either. They are annoying.

Every other ex I have had was with the goal of a long term relationship. And if I broke up with them, it was because they were not long term relationship material, sexually or otherwise. Why would I want to be friends with them? My friends are like my family. These guys were did not meet that threshold. So no need to keep any "pretend" friendship going.[/quote]

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