{"id":1234,"date":"2015-01-07T11:02:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T11:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trulymadly.com\/blog\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2021-03-12T06:08:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T06:08:12","slug":"ex-appeal-date-friends-ex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trulymadly.com\/blog\/ex-appeal-date-friends-ex\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ex Appeal: Should You Date Your Friend\u2019s Ex?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve read in classic girl code that a friend\u2019s ex is always off the limit. It\u2019s immoral, disrespectful and questions your loyalty towards your friend. And why would anyone opt for a relationship that comes with a huge baggage and heaps of complications?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what I believed until the moral conundrum struck me one day.<br \/>\nYes, I fell for my friend\u2019s ex.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trulymadly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/pic7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trulymadly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/pic7.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"pic7\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy BFF and I shared everything from clothes, beauty products, class notes to the last pizza slice. After exactly two months of the emotional breakup, I received a harmless text message from her ex. \u201cHi, it\u2019s been long&#8230;\u201d. It sent warning signals in my head. I have to admit, it was an awkward first conversation. But the chemistry and easy conversation was getting hard to ignore.<br \/>\nWhat started as harmless flirting became an addictive temptation. But everything needs a label. That\u2019s when he made the first move- and asked me out. His intense surge of affection, his thrilling advances, his desire for exclusivity was all too good to be true.<br \/>\nMy head was reeling with a number of questions. Would the guilt and awkwardness be worth it? Would my friend ever trust me again? Can I trust myself to make the right choice?<br \/>\nThe yes in my head finally came out as a no, as I sent him a text the next morning. The last thing I wanted to do was burn the bridges with someone who lent a supportive shoulder after every break-up.<br \/>\nBecause contrary to what Friends or Sex and The City would have us believe, not every love triangle works out at the end of 22 minutes of the show.<br \/>\nClearly, there were no exceptions to this number 1 rule in the unspoken girl code and I was not risking things with my friend.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s been 5 years and the guy is still single, and so am I. I\u2019m going to be by my friend\u2019s side as she walks down the aisle someday. And she will stay by my side to prevent me from running away from my own wedding.<br \/>\nWas the heart-break worth it? It definitely was.<br \/>\n<strong><em>Have you ever fallen for your friend\u2019s ex? 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