Can ex-lovers be good friends?

There are some valid points in support and against of this. Actually it differs on case to case basis and individual to individual.  In my view, its a very complicated issue.  It depends on individual's own understanding level, the level of depth that they had in their relationships when they were together.  There may be hook-ups for a short time, and then if you are partying ways; it won't take you much to move on as the degree of intimacy in such relationship hardly reach to the level that it will let you go in deep pain; such relationship can turn into friendship but with some hiccups initially.  You may often have seen such things happening in your own circles, specially in case you are part of a group of friends where you may find one person who was hooked to one of the members initially and then the same person got hooked to some other member from the same group.  All the three members of the group know each other well so even after the end of their romantic relationship, the friendship continues.

Often in cases, where there was a depth in relationship and they were grossly involved to each other and then relationship turned sour, the degree of pain goes higher.  Newton's third law work here perfectly i.e. "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction."  And so, there may be situations when they don't want to see each other face to face let alone talking to each other.  So it's difficult to reconcile and move on as friends.  They simply can't.  As whenever they would try to do so, those memories would start playing haunting games. 

Thirdly, in case of common friends and situations where they knew each other for quite a long time, and they were friends before they came into a romantic relationship, and/or in cases where they are business partners, it's difficult for them to snap their ties even after the romantic relationship is over.  This is because of level of understanding they have developed over the years, and the common friends who still work as a bridge for them, and so although the romantic relationship is over, this may turn into good friendship given each other's need for the sake of smooth functioning of their business and also because they know each other more than anyone else does. 

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