Yes. Most of my exes are people who I'd want to be friends with. I'm not friends with all of them of course, but I'm still friends with 3 of them. You take some time to heal, even if you part on good terms, and be respectful and yeah, you can hang out and genuinely be happy for them and they happy for you. One even came to my wedding (luckily my wife is not at all the jealous type).
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One I would describe as more of an acquaintance. We have a really good mutual friend, but we pretty much only hang out in group settings. We get along well, but there's not much binding us together.
Another is actually more like a brother at this point. We tried to be friends initially after the breakup, but we were both pretty immature and shitty about it at the time. I ended up cutting off contact and then reached out several months later after emotions had cooled down. We're not as close as we used to be, but we care a lot about each other, and I do think he'll always be like family to me.
Haven't seen any of them in like 6 years, maybe more
Every time I've tried to be "friends" with an ex, we ended up in a awkward post-relationship-situationship that eventually lead to a bigger "break up" and us going no-contact.
No but not due to hostility. We just don't talk anymore the way you don't talk to some old friends anymore, ie just drifted apart. All my breakups have luckily been amicable.