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Personally I don't see anything wrong in remaining friends with him but I also feel that if it's going to cause to emotional difficulties it may be best to put some communication distance between the both of you for the time being. This way it'll allow you to focus on processing what's happened and working towards moving on a little better than you currently are.

After I split with someone we didn't talk for several months with the exception of wishing each other happy birthday, Merry Christmas etc and the distance apart and the lack of communication really helped. Now we've chosen to remain friends and sure we don't talk all the time but when we do, we can talk about all kinds of things because the situation and our feelings have long since changed.