[Quintease]

I initially cut all contact when my relationships end. I need the time to recover and move on. The longer it takes for my ex to accept that, the longer it'll be before we're friends again. To be honest though, none of my friendships have ever lasted after a breakup. We stay friends for a while but eventually drift apart. It probably doesn't help that I (or they) keep moving. There are two exes that I will never ever be friends with, one because she stole from me after we broke up, the other because she stole from me and lied to me while we were still together. They are both dead to me.

My longest ever relationship to end, 5 years, we really struggled to breakup and consequently it took us 3 years to be friends again. We're really only Facebook friends now.

My husbands much the same as me, so we have a relatively blissful ex-free relationship.