Dear Eric: My ex and I are on good terms. I wouldn’t say we’re friends just yet. It’s kinda new. We separated two years ago, and we got divorced about eight months ago. We keep in contact a little but it’s not like a TV show where we’re buddy buddy.

I’m sad about this because I like her a lot. We were together for 12 years, from our early 20s to our mid-30s. So, we learned a lot about life together. She’s expressed an interest in being friends but, in our relationship, I was always the person who kept in contact with people, had people over, planned poker nights or the fantasy football league.

I can’t help but think that maybe she’s lonely and I should try harder to build a friendship with her. Mostly I just hate being in this weird un-friend space. Maybe that’s just being divorced? Am

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