Sadia Khan argues that staying friends with an ex while in a new relationship is usually disrespectful to your current partner. It's possible only if both have truly moved on, but the real question is whether your new relationship is worth the sacrifice.
Do you think it's possible for a man or a woman to speak to an ex partner as a friend while they're in a new relationship and it not be an issue?
I think it's definitely possible, but it's not necessarily respectful. Here's the thing, it's definitely possible. Two people can move past it and they're not into each other and whatever it is, but it's not respectful to your new connection. So you have to choose whether just because I have the ability to have a very platonic relationship with an ex doesn't mean I should have the willingness to do it if it disrespects my current relationship. or my current partner. If your partner is okay with it, maybe that's different, but I just think you should be self-regulated enough to know where your values are based. And when you enter a relationship, a part of that should be to respect it enough to let go of relationships that don't serve the new relationship in a way that's going to be constructive.
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