How To Handle Divorced Friends

It can cause a lot of stress for you when good friends of yours divorce. How do you react to this ex-couple and their problems? And you can invite them both at the next party? We put some tips forward concerning how to react to divorced friends.

First watch the situation objectively. Has one been cheating the other? Or are they simply grown apart? Do you also have bitter feelings with what one of the two friends has done, you can him or her best confront with it. It is normal that you feel hurt, expressing your emotions is an important step in accepting the divorce. But make sure that you will not be too selfish. For your friends it is really not easy.

When one of the ex-partners asks you to stop having contact with the other person, this could cause resentment. Tell him or her that you want to keep both of them as friends. Be careful not to participate in gossip and tell him or her that you understand his or her frustrations, but never tell them they're right. This may later be used against you.

When you organize a party, ask both ex-partners how their relationship is now. Do they get along again? Then there is no problem to invite them together. Is either of them still having difficulties to see each another? Invite one in the morning, and the other one in the evening or invite him or her on another day.