Can you really be friends with your Ex?

This is a question that will be debated on for years to come. My whole take on it is that you are an Ex for a reason. The only reason why there should be any communication between the two is only if there is a child involved and nothing else. The communication with that should be minimal as well. I personally am not friends with any of my exes, but that is by choice. I think that it causes too much confusion and mixed signals on both sides. Feelings can get misinterpreted which can resort in someone if not both parties, getting hurt. I'm also not a big fan of the whole back and forth thing. Where the couple breaks up and then gets back together every 3-6 months. That's a no no. If a couple breaks up for whatever reason, what makes them think that a few months apart will resolve the situation? Not making a whole lot of sense to me.

Lets get into why both sexes like to keep there exes as friends. Lets start with the women. Women are real head-gamers when it comes to this particular topic. What I mean by that is that even though the guy may be their ex, she likes to keep him around to play head games with him. At times she may tell him that she is confused and she doesn't know what to do. She may say that she doesn't know if she wants to stay with her current boyfriend or go back to her ex. By saying this, she is giving her ex-boyfriend a false sense of hope that maybe in the near future, they will get back together. The ex, not knowing that this is a game to her, falls for the trap and finds himself following her around like a little dog and jumping to her every beck and call. She'll call him up and ask him to do favors, because she knows that she has the ex at her finger tips. And knowing that he will do whatever she says, she uses this to her advantage. This isn't right, but lets face it, women are evil and men are weak as a result of it. Men who are exes need to understand and be fully aware that you are being played. She has no intentions to be with you again, especially if she was the one who let you go. The "I miss you" and the late night "Are you awake" texts are just part of her evil plan to keep him from finding someone who will love and appreciate him. Instead, she wants to keep him wishfully thinking about a possible future and have him miserably sitting at home anxiously waiting and jumping at every text message hoping that its from her.

Why do guys keep there exes around? SEX!!!! That's the only reason. We're not deep like that. Its not emotional, there's no head games, we're not confused. We just want to continue getting the old benefits while we start on the new benefits. Its as simple as that.