[quote] So then it is just a matter of time until you stop being "friends" that hang out together. [/quote]

Probably. Yes.

Really no different than the relationship I have with any of my guy friends. Some of them moved away. We exchange Christmas cards, maybe an e-mail or two during the year.

I have no desire to drive a stake through the relationship I have with my X. If anybody else needs to do that, it's their business.