[April Masini, your AskApril]

The reason being friends is a bad idea is that because you’re broken up, she may want to date other men, and frankly, that’s a good thing because if you ARE Mr. Right, she’ll know it more because these other guys aren’t, but I don’t think that if you’re her friend, [i]and[/i] her ex-boyfriend[i][b] and[/b][/i] her wanna be boyfriend, you’re going to keep your cool or your steady footing if she’s dating other men.

My advice is to move on. If in a year or even six months from now, you want to reconnect to see if she’ll go out with you, that’s probably a better idea.