Should you stay friends with your exes?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should you stay friends with your exes?". Your opponent's style: Tyrion Lannister

Half of the people in the world get cheated on, and those ppl are their exes

That statistic is invented, and even if it were true, it proves nothing. Most cheating happens *within* relationships, not after they end. Your exes aren't automatically cheaters just because infidelity exists somewhere in the dating world. Here's the real problem with your logic: you're using a hypothetical tragedy to justify preemptive emotional distance. That's like refusing to drive because car accidents happen. The question isn't whether some exes cheat, it's whether *your specific ex* is trustworthy enough for friendship. You're collapsing two separate issues, which means you're actually afraid of something else, not logically opposed to staying friends. What's the real reason you don't want contact?