2008 Woodie Awards
She Said: Can we be friends?.... Shifting from partnership to friendship
Rachelle Murphy
Issue date: 9/29/05 Section: He Said/She Said
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Your relationship has just ended; do you stay friends or become bitter enemies? Whether or not you stay friends after a breakup has a lot to do with how your relationship was and how the breakup went.
If you and your ex were friends before you dated, and remained friends throughout your relationship and had a neutral break up, the odds are that you will remain friends even when the relationship has ended. Obviously maintaining a friendship after any length of a physical relationship will be hard. But hard work and dedication to being friends will pay off in the end.
There are relationships were nothing seemed to go right. Of course, the relationship ended badly. Is there a chance to be friends? Most everyone would say no. If your relationship were horrible than what would be the point of forging a friendship? If you didn't like your relationship, than why have a friendship? You are better off without them.
This issue of friendship after a break up is a hard call. Talk to your friends and your ex, evaluate your past relationships, and then determine what you would like to see happen. You and your ex are the only ones who can determine the outcome.
If you and your ex were friends before you dated, and remained friends throughout your relationship and had a neutral break up, the odds are that you will remain friends even when the relationship has ended. Obviously maintaining a friendship after any length of a physical relationship will be hard. But hard work and dedication to being friends will pay off in the end.
There are relationships were nothing seemed to go right. Of course, the relationship ended badly. Is there a chance to be friends? Most everyone would say no. If your relationship were horrible than what would be the point of forging a friendship? If you didn't like your relationship, than why have a friendship? You are better off without them.
This issue of friendship after a break up is a hard call. Talk to your friends and your ex, evaluate your past relationships, and then determine what you would like to see happen. You and your ex are the only ones who can determine the outcome.