Posting from an alternative account because my ex knows my main I (31F) dated my ex-fiance (31M) for 10 years, when I caught him cheating and we broke up 6 months ago. Since breaking up, our groups of friends have been nothing short of supportive, always checking in with me, making sure that I am ok, all the stuff that great friends do. I view these people as some of my best friends, as I have spent 10 years fostering relationships with all of them. The biggest issue is that this group of friends is my ex's childhood friends. When we first broke up, I told them that if they felt uncomfortable, I would understand parting ways, but they told me that they considered me a friend and that they wanted to keep being friends, regardless of the two of us breaking up. Out of respect for my ex, I stopped going to group hangouts, but instead met with them individually, or in smaller groups. I spoke with my ex about this, and he told me that he wants me to have a good support system and to rely on them, so I continued speaking and hanging out with them. I know that he still talks to them and hangs out with them almost every weekend. A couple weeks ago, he had separate plans, so his friends invited me to a group hangout, but when he found out that I had hung out with them, he was livid, stating that I had gone behind his back and was disrespecting him. I told him that his friends had invited me, and to speak with them about his feelings, and he essentially told them that he wanted them to tell him every time we hung out, which they declined and told him that he doesn't have control over who they hang out with. There have been a couple of instances similar to this where once he finds out that a hangout happens, he gets angry and says that he doesn't understand why when he makes plans with other friends, that this group always want to hangout with me. He rarely expresses this to them but always texts me angrily afterwards. He recently told me that he thinks that it's weird that I am trying to insert myself into his group of friends and that they are just being nice to me because they feel sorry for me. I genuinely don't feel this vibe, but I could be wrong. I also do not think that I am causing a rift between them because they still always hang out, and I never talk shit or talk about him when we are together. But Reddit, AITA for continuing to stay friends and hang out with these people?