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Can these exes be friends?

An ex-boyfriend (twice removed!!) wants something more than she does

By Meredith Goldstein

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 24, 2011

Q. I recently ended a relationship with a wonderful guy. Let’s call him Mr. Green. He was my stab at “green dating’’ (the recycling of ex-boyfriends) after my marriage of 15 years ended. Mr. Green contacted me out of the blue via Facebook almost a year after my breakup, and we reconnected there. We spent the past two-plus years in a relationship that I knew was doomed from the start.

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