I think it depends upon the nature of the relationship, etc. At my school, the guys seemed to have an iron-clad rule about it....once a guy dated a girl with any seriousness, no other brother would date her after that. If it was just minor hanging out, that was different. The girls, however, kind of followed that "reuse and recycle" thing, as long as it wouldn't jeopardize anyone's feelings. Where it can get awkward, though, is in the situation I was in. My husband had dated a girl pretty seriously who was a DG. They broke up but were still hanging out, doing a lot together and there was always that possibility of getting back together. Then I came along, and we started dating exclusively very quickly. As it turned out, a DG sister of the ex was a close friend of my bf's from high school, and she soon started dating one of his frat bros....the 4 of us were together a lot and naturally a friendship developed between me and the DG. Her friend, the ex, was not happy! It was very awkward but my friend just explained that she was going to be friends with both of us and if either of us couldn't handle it, too bad. Well the ex couldn't handle it, and there went their friendship. I always felt kind of bad about it but then again it was her choice.
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