<human>: I recently was dumped by somebody, and he wanted to stay friends. I told him I needed time, but afterwards, we could probably be friends. Thing is, now I'm having second thoughts. 

Now, this is mostly out of curiosity, just to see if it's even possible-has anybody here stayed friends with their exes? If so, how is that going for you guys? Are you even close, or is it more of an acquaintance type thing? Do you secretly hate them, or are they your best friend? etc. etc. etc...and if you're not friends with your ex, but tried, what broke the friendship?

Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: Are you friends with you ex? Why or why not? How is it? Hopefully I'll find some valid advice in all this, thanks in advance Reddit :)