My ex and I are friendly, but I wouldn’t call us friends. We can talk, we will hang out when we are at kids things. He actually asked me to go to a concert with him last year..... but we aren’t friends. But we have a very friendly . It works relationship. It works great for us. You gotta do what works for you
I am also friendly and civil. I see her when it's kid related stuff only. I also don't hang around and chit chat outside of kids stuff. There is really no reason for me to do so otherwise. I want to invest time in someone who will be a valuable part of my life as a friend, partner etc. She's neither of those and so outside of making things work for the kids, I feel no need to create a friendship. She wanted out, she got it.
Please start a new thread and link both threads together.
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