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* Pretty much the whole set-up of ''[[Reba]]''. Barbara Jean is Brock's new wife but treats Reba, the ex, as a close personal friend which is what they eventually become.
* ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'': Earl is and always has been on friendly terms with Darnell (aka "Crab Man"), the man who cuckolded him and stole his wife.
* In the book ''[[Avalon High]]'', main protagonist Elaine can't bring herself to hate [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders|Jennifer]], even though she cheated on her boyfriend, who happens to be Elaine's crush and wanted the best for Will. Same with Will himself. He realized his best friend and girlfriend loved each other and couldn't blame either them. {{spoiler|It helps that the characters are actually the reincarnations of King Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.}}
* Obligatory ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'' example. In one episode, Riley returns to Sunnydale after his breakup with Buffy and reveals that he's married. Willow decides that since it would be petty for Buffy to hate his wife, she'll do it for her. In the end, neither girl can hate her, because she's so cool and they're so perfect together.
* In series 2 of ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' [[Ascended Extra|Jackie]] turns up at CID claiming to be [[The Baby Trap|pregnant with Gene's baby]] and Alex can only [[Green-Eyed Monster|look on in horror as he proposes to Jackie.]] However Alex and Jackie bond over the episode and besides, why on earth would Alex affected by it? I mean [[Green-Eyed Epiphany|it's not like she's got any feelings whatsoever]] [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|for this glorified imaginary construct.]] {{spoiler|It all gets better when Jackie reveals [[Manipulative Bastard|she lied to get Gene to help her]] and was [[What Does She See in Him?|insulted he believed she would sleep with him.]]}}
* In ''[[Forgetting Sarah Marshall]]'', Peter tells Aldous that while he has many reasons to hate him, the main one being that he's the guy Sarah dumped him to be with, he can't deny that Aldous is a cool guy too. But then it's subverted a minute later when Aldous lets slip that [[Your Cheating Heart|he and Sarah had begun seeing each other a year before she and Peter actually broke up]], enraging Peter.
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* ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' is entirely about this trope. By extension, ''[[Kiss Me Kate]]'' and ''[[Ten Things I Hate About You]]''.
* In ''[[A Moment of Peace]]'', Ito feels this way toward Crux on first meeting. Crux is [[All Love Is Unrequited|the unrequited crush of his unrequited crush.]]
* Discussed in ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'', when Navani tells Dalinar that she really tried to hate his (now deceased) wife, but couldn't because she was too nice.
* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', Heloise begins dating Peep to [[Operation: Jealousy|make Jimmy jealous]]. It works, but to her suprise Jimmy and Peep hit it off quite well on non-Heloise topics.
* On ''[[Sister Sister]],'' Lisa meets the woman who is apparently keeping Ray from getting together with her, and admits that she's conflicted about whether or not she should be angry at the woman or invite her into the house for a snack. It probably helps that the woman pulls a [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]. (Made weirder because "the other woman" turned out to be {{spoiler|Ray's ''[[You Look Like You've Seen a Ghost|dead]]'' wife, whom he felt reluctant to move on from}}.
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* In [[Squid Row]], Randi is surprised to find her non-romantic male friend's new girlfriend is really nice and she likes her.
* In ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'', Duane, noticing for the first time the emotional vulnerability of [[The Fundamentalist]] Charlotte (who had attempted to frame a fellow student for making a bomb threat, and had slandered a lesbian student as a rapist), thinks to himself, "What is wrong with me, that I can't hate you now?"
* In [[Atlas Shrugged]], Hank Rearden is completely prepared to hate Francisco D'Anconia for his perceived worthlessness. When they actually have a conversation, Rearden realizes that they share a LOT in common.
* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', all the superheroes are in competition with each other, so it would be normal for them to resent the current King of Heroes, Sky High. If only he weren't so polite, earnest, and enthusiastic all the time.
* In ''[[Airborn]]'', cabin boy Matt loses out on a promotion to newcomer Bruce, who is much less experienced but whose father owns their airship (and plenty of others). After actually meeting him, Matt admits to himself that it would have been easier if Bruce was a spoiled brat - finding out that he's actually a decent guy just makes it worse.
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