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My recent ex's friend suddenly started hitting on me. How do I handle this without losing my ex and him as friends?

I am still good friends with my ex, and have become friends with his friends throughout our relationship. I don't want anything to change :-/

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    rodrwill1 - 26-30 years old - male

    Posted by rodrwill1 May 26th, 2012 at 2:02AM

    As an adult, he should understand that not every woman will be attracted to him, so it should require nothing more than an "Sorry, but I'm not interested. I don't want anything to change or jeopardize what I have right now."

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  1. 3grnowl - 26-30 years old

    Reply by 3grnowl May 26th, 2012 at 2:08AM

    Good point. I just don't know where his interest has suddenly come from. Weird.

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  2. rodrwill1 - 26-30 years old - male

    Reply by rodrwill1 May 26th, 2012 at 2:12AM

    Chances are, it's been there all along and has finally manifested right now. Or, perhaps it was obvious all along, but you were invested and focused on your relationship, as one should be.

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6 Answers to "My recent ex's friend suddenly started hitting on me. How do I handle this without losing my ex and him as friends?"

  1. shantilla - 26-30 years old - female

    Posted by shantilla Dec 13th, 2012 at 4:35PM

    be discreet

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  2. irdumb - 18-21 years old - male

    Posted by irdumb May 26th, 2012 at 9:38PM

    ask them both this question: "My recent ex's friend suddenly started hitting on me. How do I handle this without losing my ex and him as friends?"
    except maybe change "my recent ex" and "friend" to their appropriate pronouns. like "you" for example.

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  3. MathMan789 - 36-40 years old - male

    Posted by MathMan789 May 26th, 2012 at 3:58AM

    The swift handslap is a lost art among women these days. Brief. Gets the point across, no room for misinterpretation

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  4. Spaceweaver - 70+ years old

    Posted by Spaceweaver May 26th, 2012 at 2:03AM

    stay away from em, taking your friend's lover just like that:p

    don't sex the ex

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  5. Elixirs - 26-30 years old - female

    Posted by Elixirs May 26th, 2012 at 2:03AM

    That's pretty shady, i mean it's your ex's friend, there's like an unspoken contract (for me that is) you don't go hitting on the exs partner like it's just not cool. I don't know how you're going to handle this, some would say who cares because you're not with your ex anymore (i know people who have gone with exs friends and have a lasting relationship to date) perhaps just tell them that you don't like it and would like them to stop???? i can't even imagine being in this situation, good luck :-)

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  6. 3grnowl - 26-30 years old

    Reply by 3grnowl May 26th, 2012 at 2:07AM

    Thank you. Yeah, and it has only been a week since we broke up, so I was startled. I am trying to hint that he should look elsewhere for a hookup but maybe I should be more direct. Eck, it is hard to handle things gracefully when the other parties involved are not graceful themselves.

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  7. Elixirs - 26-30 years old - female

    Reply by Elixirs May 26th, 2012 at 2:16AM

    you can't let em take you for a ride though, they need to know that you mean what you say, be direct, assertive. You need to acknowledge your feelings otherwise suppressing how you feel may make you blow up and you'll end up loosing everything. I think, regardless you need to think about you, put you first.

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