When it comes to get your ex back techniques, there is plenty of advice out there.
Heck, you can ask 10 different people what you should do to get your ex to love you again and they'll probably each give you a different answer.
But probably the one that gets used the most often is staying friends with your ex in the hopes that they will still have feelings for you and it will lead to getting back together.
But is that really a good idea? Will staying friends with your ex make them fall in love with you again? There are two schools of thought when it comes to whether or not staying friends with your ex is a good idea.
Most people think that staying friends with your ex will keep them close.
You can talk to them and keep them in your life.
You can see if they are moving on and starting to date other people.
Plus if you are still close then you don't have to move on.
You can still see your ex every day and get the emotional connection you're craving.
But the other school of thought is that you shouldn't be friends with your ex, no matter what.
At least not immediately right after the break up.
You should give your ex space so that the two of you don't get stuck in the friend zone.
Plus you don't want your ex to have their cake and eat it too -- why should your ex get to lean on you emotionally but not have to commit to a relationship? If you aren't friends your ex can't use you and then date other people.
So is staying friends with your ex a good way to get them to love you again? Most likely, the answer is no.
You don't really want to be friends with your ex, right? So why are you settling? What you want is get your ex back.
You want a relationship like you used to have.
If you are friends then it will just complicate things.
Your intuition is probably telling you that this is true.
If you spend all of your time with your ex as friends, you will be miserable.
Especially if your ex starts dating and wants to tell you about it to get your advice.
You definitely don't want that to happen, right? So don't do it!