Would you date your friend's ex-boyfriend or girlfriend, or refrain from doing so out of respect for said friend? I'm here to advise you that doing the former would be ill-advised on many levels. Dating your buddy's ex not only puts your friendship with him or her in serious jeopardy, but it could put your friendship with your ex at risk as well (assuming you've remained friends following the breakup). You have to remember: You're courting someone who your friend probably loved and envisioned spending the rest of his or her life with at one point. To enter into a relationship with him or her is, in my view, a flagrant no-no: Your friend may see this as stabbing him or her on the back and showing little sympathy for someone who may still be trying to get over the breakup. No matter how bad the breakup, or how resentful we may be thereafter, I think a piece of all our exes always stays with us. We share moments and experiences with our partners that become e...