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User Profile: peachFriend6548
peachFriend6548 November 15th, 2023

I want to ask if friends after breakup has worked with people?

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User Profile: toughTiger6481
toughTiger6481 November 15th, 2023

@peachFriend6548

 great idea in theory but not as easy to make real.... some may start out ok .......but something comes up and the discomfort about relationship becomes an issue ....

IMO at best you can stay acquaintances.  

User Profile: comfortingMist96
comfortingMist96 November 15th, 2023

@peachFriend6548 Its pretty rare to stay friends.
Imagine them being in a relationship with someone else and invites you for movies or other activities.
Maybe just seeing them will make you feel bad, and it works other way around.

User Profile: Yougotmyback
Yougotmyback November 15th, 2023

I tried it for a few months because the person was my best friend too. It didn't work out. The reasons were that I wasn't his priority anymore and it became hard with time, he had a third person in his life and I thought it would be unfair to her. Then, he had moved on. So, it brought changes in him and it was hard to accept them because I was somehow in the same place as he cheated.

So, it depends upon the conditions but I don't think it's very healthy as it can be heartbreaking. At the same time, it makes it harder for one to move on in life and brings back a lot of memories.

User Profile: dukeofdearham
dukeofdearham November 15th, 2023

@peachFriend6548,

sometimes it works. Two people might not be able to live together but living seperately gives them both the space they needed and need.

Not easy though. But have to go beyond the past, be aware that there was a reason for breaking up, not hold any grudges and not hoping to reunite as partners.

It's not something to pursue. It should happen automatically and you should both lead your own lives. No expectations, no need.

It's like you still love each other but on a different level. Deeper, in a way. 

My wife wanted to stay close friends, at a time even best friends, even living together as long as I would no longer get triggered. Well I conquered my triggers but took too long for her. Becoming close friends (she really said that in a way like "please don't take that away from me too") felt like a conditional friendship to me. So I let her know I couldn't, also because I still had hope. Finally she let me know, months ago, she wanted no more contact.

But you never can tell. She has been giving spiritual healing sessions for years, abroad. Next month she's giving her first one ever in the US. I let her know I'd love to join and, to my surprise, I'm welcome, as long as there are no emotions.

Long reply. What I'm trying to tell you, give it time. If the love ran deep and was pure and genuine, then given time, you never can tell. But don't pursue it, let time take its cause.

User Profile: Radiant31
Radiant31 November 15th, 2023

@peachFriend6548

I think being friends after a relationship is only possible if both of you never had any intense emotions for each other. I would recommend staying in as little contact as possible and once you've gotten over the hurt and truly gotten over the relationship then only rekindle the friendship 

User Profile: communicativePond1728
communicativePond1728 November 15th, 2023

@peachFriend6548

It has worked with people. If one is able to focus on what they love about their life and what they want more of while dissolving what they don't, then they can keep what they like and leave what they don't in any relationship, whether it's person, place or thing.

The colour peach can help with this. Peach releases stress and tension from your body, softening all hardness and dissolving any density, especially in the lungs and chest.

It brings gentleness, kindness and friendliness into your life, opening you to new possibilities and to attract prosperity.

There's a few exercises one can do with the colour peach to encourage and cultivate this energy in one's life. Is that something you're interested in?