In today's Episode we answer one of our viewer's questions:
"Is it okay for my boyfriend to be best friends with his Ex Girlfriend?"
Monika and Jan Zands bring their Relationship expertise and degrees in Spiritual psychology to answer viewers' pressing relationship questions!
In this Episode, Jan and Monika advise Cassie on her unease with her boyfriend's close friendship with his Ex-Girlfriend and answer the age old question: Can Exes ever be friends?
Key Takeaways:
[0:23] Often in relationships what makes someone jealous is the possibility of their partner being emotionally involved with someone else, so it is very tricky!
[0:50] is it possible? Yes. If you are super evolved, confident, and a great communicator, open and authentic. It is ALSO a potential Pandora's box.
[1:25] In relationships we need friends to talk and vent to, it can become sticky if that person you are venting to, is your Ex.
[1:50] If you think you can handle it, you may need checkpoints boundaries and parameters that allow you to speak your mind in case anything comes up that makes you uncomfortable, and you can then re-evaluate.
[2:00] When Harry Met Sally -- The whole premise of the movie is that Men and Women can't be friends!
[2:15] It is possible, if you communicate well about it. Go into it with eyes wide open if this is what you have decided.
[2:27] You can't provide all your significant other's needs, they will need friends and to have other platonic friends outside the relationship.
[3:22] Relationships work, because people choose to make their relationships work. If this is important to him, listen to your heart, communicate clearly, make compromises and find the common ground that works for both of you.