still keep up w/ex?

[navychop]

For those of us divorced over 5 years, have you kept up contact with your ex?

-No kids, no contact w/ex.
-Have one or more kids from that marriage, but still no contact w/ex.
-No kids, but still maintain some contact w/ex.
-Have one or more kids from that marriage, and maintain contact.

Personally, there are no kids from my first marriage, which lasted 6 or 7 years. Reasonably cordial split up, and I think highly of her to this day (I should, after the divorce I met and married the best woman in the world, and am happier than I ever thought I could be.) But lost contact long, long ago. And with her common name, it would be difficult to ever locate her. I don't think I could even dig up her SS or our marriage/dissolution date. No reason to.

Why is contact maintained/not maintained?

 

[Paul Wozniak]

What the F*%k for?

 

[navychop]

If it was not a bitter break up, you still have much in common that might promote further contact. You had common interests or you wouldn't have married.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

Or, you can just move on.

 

[SnowVan]

Never

I have never gotten married either.

I prefer to move on even though 2 of the 3 breakups were of ME doing it

 

[navychop]

Or, you can just move on.

Yep. Generally the better path, IMHO.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

My ex spent her time poisoning my daughter against me. It worked.

 

[cwozniak]

Paul talks to my ex more than he talks to his.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

Not by choice.

 

[navychop]

My wife tries to limit contact with her ex as much as possible. She does derive some satisfaction that he is aging rapidly, and his trophy wife has blossomed several dress sizes. :dev