Yes, It Is Indeed Possible To Be Friends With Your Ex

Relationships are messy. Even though fairy tales and Bollywood have falsely taught us that there is a happily ever, in real life heartbreaks are equally probable endings for relationships. Sometimes it is better to part ways. So when you decide to walk out of a relationship or marriage is it possible to remain friends with your former partner? Well, the answer to this should be each his/her own but for Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Khan, it has been possible.

This discussion gained momentum after Hrithik Roshan and his rumoured girlfriend Saba Azad were seen partying with the actor's former wife Sussanne Khan and her partner Arslan Goni in Goa. For those who do not know Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Khan got married in 2000 after dating each other for four years. They ended their relationship in 2013. Together they have two boys. The pictures from the bash have been going viral on the internet since yesterday and many have also pointed out how Roshan and Khan have a sorted relationship, based on their social media posts, despite their separation.

Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Khan Relationship

Khan was in Goa launching her new restaurant and Hrithik and Saba were part of the inaugural bash guest list as per reports. Khan took to Instagram writing, "Thank you for always being there for me with all your might...I love you all...full power ahead P.S Let's make this the best life possible. Vedro Goa has arrived. Bar+kitchen #panjimgoa #newkonkanbreeze #timenevergoesbyslowy."

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Sussanne Khan is a popular interior designer and has been reportedly dating actor Arslan Goni for quite some time now. The rumoured couple caught the eye of social media when Goni commented on Khan’s Instagram post, applauding her for getting vaccinated. Since then they have been spotted together many times and regularly comment on each other's social media posts. 

Saba Singh Grewal also known as Saba Azad, meanwhile, is a theatre director and musician. She made her Bollywood debut in the indie film Dil Kabaddi. For the past few months, she has been spotted alongside Roshan and the two frequently comment on each other's Instagram posts as well.

Hrithik and Sussanne have remained friends despite their separation and enjoy each other's company. So is it okay to be friends with your ex? Like Hrithik and Sussanne, there are many people who believe that it is possible to be friends with your ex. In the case of this star couple, they don't have a romantic relationship with one another but they are part of each other's lives as parents to their children. They have accepted the terms of this new relationship that they share, where they are peripherally involved in each other's lives and connected via their kids and still managed to move on. Why should that grab so many eyeballs?

In the era of social media is it truly possible to break up? Can you shut the door on anything? So why not let bygones be bygones and start afresh. After all, you have been friends with your ex?

Being friends with your ex should be possible if your intentions and expectations from the new relationship are clear. If you held respect for each other while you walked out of the relationship and with the right kind of communication it can work. We are now in an era where we agree that friendship, sans any possibilities of romance, is possible between the opposite sexes so isn't it time that we give it a chance?

 The views expressed are the author's own.