I'm in a similar situation-- no kids, he wanted the divorce and then wanted to be friends.

It's been over a year since we separated. In that time, I have tried to be his friend, I really have. It's not been easy and I finally had to say sorry but the friend thing is not going to work for me when he forgot my birthday AGAIN this past Friday (he forgot it last week too). It's sad that you can be married to someone for seven years and when your birthday rolls around they are too busy to even send a text.

So yeah... sorry for rambling but for me, being friends is no longer an option and I would have saved myself a lot of heartache if I had just said forget about being friends from the get go.