Dating the Ex’s Friend: The 4-Way

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B) You ended it with your ex. I don’t care how buddy-buddy you are with her now, unless she’s super evolved, she’ll feel badly that she couldn’t make it work with you and that her friend may be able to. It’s very likely that you dating this other girl will affect the quality of their friendship.

A) She may say she’s okay with it—and I do like to take people at their word—but I find myself siding with your other girl friends here. You may lose your friendship with your ex over this, which could upset her friend … which may lead to the friend breaking things off with you.

Your decision may come back to bite you in the ass. If you value her friendship, which it seems like you do, look elsewhere for some lovin’.

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posted: 02.24.2008
Sunshowers
"And perhaps more importantly, you’ll be shunned and given skeezy asshole status by her protective posse of friends (as you should be), which means that minus her one rogue friend who’s actually dumb enough to go out with you, you’ll never date anyone else in her circle—or even six degrees of her circle." SOOOO SOOOOOOOOO DAMN TRUE!!! Well done, Rebecca!
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