The Aviator Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 Just curious. I have been in text conversation with my ex's sister recently. Just a few 'how you doing' texts etc and no mention of the break up. I also did see the ex's grandparents a couple weeks after our break-up to see how they were doing etc but since then it's been NC with all concerned! Such a shame as I got on so so well with her family. What a waste I think! I want to text her Dad asking how he's been recently with work etc. Good or bad idea? So yeah...any of you guys still stay in touch with an ex's family?
radiodarcy Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) i never even met his family aside from his son and that was only once last year. and of course, i never kept in touch with him. i did keep in touch with my brother's ex gf a few weeks after the break up via email. but i stopped because even though things were ok at first, she seemed to use the contact as the opportunity to vent abt their relationship and the fact that he was in a relationship with another girl. it all felt a little weird to me and was definitely not healthy for her. so i stopped communicating. i would suggest that you not reach out to your ex's dad. there's really no need for you keep in touch with her family regardless of how well you got on when you two were together. it's just too weird and not entirely appropriate either. i understand wanting to reach out - - my brother and his ex had dated for 7 years - - i genuinely liked her and she felt like part of the family. but when it was over -- it was over. Edited August 5, 2011 by radiodarcy
Single Sid Posted August 5, 2011 Posted August 5, 2011 im still in touch with ex family. The grandmother of our child ive mentioned in a previous post. Birthday/christmas cards etc and also meet up once or twice a year for a day by the coast/funfair etc Im really unable to answer exactly how and why we kept so close, maybe the child, maybe as she seen me as her 'Son' in the past or maybe she just holds high reguard for me, probably made stronger her knowing what i was put through. The Ex 2 sisters all say hi and wave if they see (both adults) although very rarely do we see eachother so really only the grandmother of our child from other side is who i have maintained contact with for around a decade. Childs OP takes her to see her regular so its not just a child thing. Been going on for around a decade now. As strange as it is, i dont see her as the exs mum, i see her as a good friend and i spose we all know good friends are hard to comeby, theres no ill feeling when im with the kids grandmother at all, theres no breadcrumbs in it if you understand. Maybe others without children wouldnt understand that, maybe i dont fully understand it myself. each to their own i guess.
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