Meet the mum who is best friends with her EX and even helped set him up with his new girlfriend - and they all spend Christmas and holidays together. Mary McDaniel, 27, initially struggled to get on with her ex-partner, Nathan Drumm, 29, a decorator technician, when they first split in June 2019. But after some time apart, the pair reignited their friendship so they can co-parent their son, Silas, four, together. Mum-of-three Mary had been brought up my divorced parents "who struggled to get along" and didn’t want the same for her son. She started slowly inviting Nathan to play dates and gradually they rebuilt their friendship and now say they are back to being best friends. Mary even set Nathan up with her old school friend, Shayla Farmer, 26, a hair stylist- and the pair have been dating for three months - with Mary giving her former partner relationship advice. Nathan is also best friends with Mary's ex-husband, Josh Sulzen, 27, and the pair hang out with their kids. Mary, a stay-at-home mum, from Muncie, Indiana, US, said: “We didn’t get on at all when we first split up. “My parents separated and didn’t get along and I didn’t want that for Silas. “So, slowly I started inviting Nathan to stuff and we built up our friendship again. “Now he’s over most days."