Is it really possible to stay friends with your ex at uni?

Boyfriends and girlfriends past and present influence our experience and our uni life.

But is a break up really the end, or can you still hang out?

Joe Pescih, Human Geography, Second year

“No, you can’t stay in touch with them. You can’t be friends on the complete actual sense of the word because certain things carry on and I don’t think there is a human capacity that you can love someone and then just turn this relationship of strong love into friendship.”

Josh Walker, International Politics and Strategic Studies, Fresher

“My first girlfriend and I have been friends since first year of college. We dated when we were both 18 but then we broke up and we’ve been friends ever since. We parted on good terms but there has been moments where we had been drunk and have had weird fuck-up emotional moments.”

Audrie Schneller, Psychology, Second year

“I personally don’t think you can because you have crossed the boundary of being friends and I think it’s hard to get back to that. I also don’t think it’s emotionally heathy.”

Raquel Perez Ansuriza, Law, Third year

“I think I wouldn’t be able to be a real friend of a person that I used to share many things with, but of course if something happens to him or he needs something, I would like to be close to him in case he needs me.”

Arjun Candelaria, Law, Third year

“No – I can’t stay friends because once it is over I want it to be over. Yes, if I can’t get laid after the break up, and I need some action.”

Hary Sumandru, International Politics, Second year

“Yeah, I totally think it is possible as long as both parties are not crazy psychopaths ready to kill each other. Love is all about communication, man.”