article_snippet.sent: The more you both focus on that and think of what's best for the children, the more chance you have of forging a geniune friendship.
article_snippet.sent: Normal' couples can do the same by letting mutual friends and family know that there is no reason to take sides because you aren't interested in bad-mouthing each other.
article_snippet.sent: Talk face to face or on the phone to sort out anything tricky .
article_snippet.sent: Communicating by text or through social media is fine once you've established a friendship
article_snippet.sent: but if you know you'll only ever want to be friends, spell that out.
article_snippet.sent: Your friendship has more chance of working if you're polite and fair while you're getting the messy stuff out of the way and attempt more frequent contact once it's sorted.
article_snippet.sent: ATTEMPT BEING FRIENDS