# New partners still being friends with their ex(es) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 18, 2015, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-partners-still-being-friends-with-their-ex-es/725506 "2015-07-18T10:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-partners-still-being-friends-with-their-ex-es/725506/61 "2015-07-23T00:12:52Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I had something to say but then I thought, “threesome!” and immediately lost it. Don’t worry…you’ve done your fair share. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hugosvoice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Hugosvoice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugosvoice)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-partners-still-being-friends-with-their-ex-es/725506/62 "2015-07-23T06:05:50Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > Hmmm… This is different than just staying friends with exes. If he just has on-again off-again relationships with them, then I might feel weird but I wouldn’t be distressed about it, as long as he seems to be serious about the relationship. But if he really is keeping them on-call, that’s kinda gross to be stringing the women along like that. It would show emotional immaturity at the very least. I remember her telling me an incident about him before they started dating. They were friends but had an obvious attraction neither had acted on. He sent her a message one day saying he missed her. 2 days later, she saw him on Facebook telling another woman he missed her too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-partners-still-being-friends-with-their-ex-es/725506.md?page=3)