BeFriending EX

I notice most Gemini (In My Personal Experienced) befriending their ex(es) after breakup. Is there a logical explanation why would you want to Befriend on something that you have already lost or give up on?

Is it for
Personal Gain?
Memories?
Regrets?
For the hell of it? 😛

niether of those reasons for me. i'm friends with one ex and there were more than ten years that went by before we even spoke to each other again(his choice). then it was just a realization that we only get along as friends and there's nothing wrong with that. i guess i'm just able to let by-gones be by-gones. *shrugs*

Sometimes I am just bored and wanna talk to someone. So, it might be my ex. I am not good at holding grudges at people. Not that I would get feelings for them again, but it's easy for me to just be neetral again with them. I don't actually hang out with exes much, but I might chitchat with them casually about what's going on in life, or if I have questions about guys. Haha, just cause the ex would know more about like my issues or weird habits that I have and can help out with advice more honestly than girlfriends would.

I don't understand when people don't understand! I don't stop loving someone as a person just because we realize our romantic relationship has run its course. So we're not going to get married...he's still an awesome person, and there's no need to toss away a perfectly good friendship. I'm good friends with all of my exes except two. One won't stop trying to get back with me, and the other is a miserable excuse for a human being and was a huge mistake.

I stay friends with most of my exes with the exception of a few with stalking tendencies or new gf/ wives that aren't ok with it. I don't demonize people because the relationship didn't work out. The fact is, there were things i liked about exes before we started dating, and those qualities don't disappear once the relationship is over.
Friendship naturally evolves once the sexual tension is gone. Though, I can see how it can be be difficult to achieve for some, if there is unfinished business, or if one wants to resume the romance and the other doesn't.
I need a cooling off period before I can be friends. I need to process the loss of the relationship, mourn its passing, before I create a friendship with a new dynamic.

I tend to keep what I can from relationships. I figure if there was something to make it happen, that something is valuable. But I tend to disengage whatever it is that causes harm, and I create an arms length whereas if I go forever, they won't really sweat it too much.