Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : Essentially the title. 

Would I be an ass if I asked out one of my ex's best friends? 

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For a bit of background, I recently got out a of a pretty short (3 month) relationship. It ended amiably, but it was clear that I was being broken up with. I don't want to be single, so I've been trying to get back into dating, and the person I'm interested in is unfortunately one of the closest friends of my ex. 

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I think it would absolutely be shitty if I dated someone and broke up with them and then started dating their best friend, but I think its murkier because I was dumped.   


I'm not doing this to get back at my ex - I'm not super vindictive or anything like that, and in hindsight we just didn't really mesh well. Also, I thought about asking out the best friend maybe 6 months ago but decided not to for unrelated reasons, so this isn't a new interest on my part.

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I do think this would bother my ex, but I don't feel like I have to build my social life around what she would or would not like. 

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Or am I just rationalizing what would be a terrible thing to do?