To cut or not to cut an ex from your life after a breakup, that is the question...It can be tempting to remain close to the person whose life was so intertwined with yours, but jumping into a friendship with an ex muddles those often very confusing emotions following a breakup...I'm not saying one can never be friends with an ex. Depending on how serious the relationship was to begin with, or how easy the breakup was, it's possible to immediately and seamlessly move into a friendship.

Additionally, even serious relationships that end with a lot of emotional fanfare can eventually create enough distance to be close again. I've never experienced the latter myself, but then, I never really saw the point in rekindling a friendship with anyone who valued a day of golf over everything else. Perspective is usually a better friend than any ex can be.

i can definitely relate to this article and have pondered this idea many times before. definitely an interesting perpective.

then again, that would be assuming i'm going on a lot of dates.

this was posted in the ny times corrections today:

An article on Jan. 28 about women who commiserated over dating Wall Street
bankers caught in the financial crisis described a group they had formed, Dating
a Banker Anonymous, as a support group. That is the name of their blog. Its
creators originally told The Times that about 30 women had participated, but
since publication, they have said that all involved were friends. Laney Crowell,
one of the women who started the blog, said in the article that it was “very
tongue in cheek;” she has since described it as a satire that embellishes true
experiences for effect. Had the nature of the blog been made clear at the
outset, the article would have described it accordingly, not as a support
group.

It seems that all anyone is talking about lately is the economy, so why is money still such a tough topic to discuss with your nearest and dearest? They say married couples fight over money more than anything else, but what about when you just started dating? That's possibly even more awkward...