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15 Men Confess How They Feel About Friends Dating Their Exes

by Eitan Levine

UHHHHHHH, BRO-CODE VIOLATION MUCH?!

Full disclosure: Two years ago, I was a groomsman at a wedding where one of my good college friends married a woman I had gone out with for a bit. So, I may be a little biased when I say marrying someone your friend used to go out with is a crime on equal footing with carrying out a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme or just straight-up murder.

When you are born into this world with testicles, you immediately sign a contract with every other man on the planet. You vow to do things like not pee in a standing urinal next to another man, never let a man purchase man-Uggs and always offer up the last beer from the fridge (though code strictly states a fellow bro must always refuse such an offer).

But one rule stands above all else, and it involves dating and sex. FOR IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE MAN-SCROLLS,

THOU SHALT NOT LAY SKIN TO THE MAIDEN A FELLOW BRO SERIOUSLY DATED FOR, LIKE, A WHILE.

But what if this rule was transgressed? Obviously, this is a major offense, but is it enough to call off the bro-lationship completely?

Reddit has some thoughts about this age-old question.

1. Yeesh. Awwwwwwwkard.

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2. Lesson here: Know your audience.

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3. YEAHHHHH! I LIKE THOSE ODDS!

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4. This is a lose-lose situation.

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5. You heard it here first! Women are fish!

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6. This...is oddly logical for Reddit.

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7. OK, slow down, cowboy! Wha...actually, this is also logical. What the hell, Reddit?

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8. BYE FELICIA!

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9. Et tu, BRO-te?

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10. This is oddly heartbreaking.

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11. YEAH!!! THIS IS THE REDDIT I KNOW AND LOVE!

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12. Back to logical Reddit. Jeez, where are those Gamergate nerds when you need them?

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13. Ugh, we all get it. You're a swinger.

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14. HAHAHAHAHAHALOLJKROFLHAHAHAH *cries*

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15. OK.

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TL;DR The heart wants what the heart wants, but that doesn't always mean the heart is right. The heart is like a very loud and decisive child that way.