[Lil' Hannah]

I'm dating my ex-boyfriend's friend right now.

My boyfriend from high school went away to college and met these guys who lived down the hall from them, and they all ended up becoming good friends and living together their junior and senior years. I met the guys because my ex and I are still good friends and I'd go down and visit them once in a while, even after we broke up.

They all graduated in May and the guy I'm dating now happened to move to the state where I live and go to school. He's friends with a lot of my friends from home whom he met through my ex, so we hung out a lot over the summer, and then just recently we both realized we had feelings for each other. Apparently he's liked me for a long time but was scared to act on it. I was the one that made the first move and it worked out well.

He talked to my ex, basically to "get his blessing" and my ex said he didn't mind. The ex is in grad school right now so we don't see him often and things haven't been awkward when we do. So far it has been an all around good experience, so I say go for it but just make sure the guy you dated previously doesn't mind. If he does, then unfortunately I think you have to back off, so you don't violate the previously mentioned "guy code".