This depends on you, your ex, and your current partners. You have to be 100% over your ex, and your ex has to be 100% over you for a true friendship to be possible. And your current partners need to know the friendship isn’t a threat to them. If you pay more attention to an ex than to a current romantic interest, it’s going to lead to jealousy and turmoil. “If you are both over each other, you may be socially friendly in group settings,” Jodi said. “As for texting, calling, hanging out just the two of you, that can be precarious if either one of you is in a new relationship and may sabotage what has the potential to develop.” Of course, if you and your ex have a child together, you must maintain a relationship and be civil to each other for the child’s sake. Parents can sometimes have high standards when it comes to their child’s boyfriend or girlfriend, and they may not always agree with you about what’s most important in a partner. That can be a painful reality if it continues beyond the first few meetings, and no one wants to be put in the position of taking sides between their parents and the person they love.