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Right, let me put my opinion across.
You think that anybody can completely cut out an ex from their life and not be MORE into them? seriously. Tell someone they can't do something, they will try and do it.
My current GF broke up with her ex because they weren't right for each other and were growing apart sexually (they had been friends since little kids), she met me and I basically catalysed the break up.
They had been dating for a year and a half, seeing each other multiple times a week and work together. Completely cutting contact with someone your that close to WILL NOT WORK. I will tell you exactly what I said to my girlfriend when she was asking if I minded her going on walks/ getting coffee and stuff with him:
"why would I mind? I know you love me and that would wouldn't cheat on me. He was a big part of your life and you can't just go cold turkey on him any more than a drug addict can just "stop". You wouldn't mess around with me while you were with him, you were straight up with him because you respected him. Both of you need to ease yourself apart, become friends over time. It will be akward at first but things will get easier as you move from a sexual relationship to a friendship type, I know you want me but I am not naive enough to think you can cut him out of your life."
And do you know what, her and her ex have been for walks, spoken at work and I am cool with it because she was completely open about the first time they went out he tried to kiss her, and she gave him a firm "its friends or nothing" talk. She took a massive risk admitting he tried to kiss her, by being cool with it and explaining how I expected it because he lost her I demonstrated just how confident I was in our relationship and how sure I was nothing would happen between them. By being cool with it, it makes her more certain she only wants him as a friend and helps ease her away from her residual feelings (and anyone who says you can date someone for more than a year and NOT maintain some emotional attachment is naive).
They had their period of ignoring each other and awkwardness and are now friends, I know she will never want him more than me.
I know this will likely get an emotional response from people, but if you try and stop your partners seeing their ex's in all situations then you are likely very insecure yourself about your relationship because the reason you don't want them with their ex is because YOU are concerned they will leave you for them.
But hey, that's just my opinion. Good luck finding a woman who isn't friends with at least one of her ex's.....
Let me clarify something that all of you seem to be misunderstanding.
1. I believe firmly that if you make something forbidden, the forbidden thing (be it an ex, an alcoholic beverage, or ice cream) becomes a THOUSAND TIMES more desirable.
2. For this reason, you should NEVER tell a woman she cannot see an ex.
3. The litmus test of a female's quality comes from whether she chooses to see him or not of her old volition.
4. If she continues to be "friends" with the guy who facefucked her countless times, she's a low quality woman. Sorry, that's just the truth. She gets off on the emotional ego boost of unreciprocated feelings (the guy will nearly ALWAYS be trying to bang her - he has no interest in being her fucking friend).