Breakups are hard. You invest so much time and energy into another person, only to cut them out of your life completely. If ...

Being friends with your ex can be complex, but it's possible if both parties have genuinely moved on emotionally. For those who have no lingering romantic feelings, establishing a platonic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Obviously it’s unrealistic to just ‘shut off’ romantic feelings that were involved,” Zoe Shaw, PsyD, Los Angeles–based ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. “I hope we can still be friends.” If you’ve ever experienced a ...

Let’s be honest, breaking up is never easy, especially when you’ve poured so much time and energy into a relationship with someone who was once a huge part of your life. However, just because a ...

You just broke up with an important person in your life—would you consider being friends with them or would you rather turn into complete strangers? Karylle recently made the rounds on social media ...

Many people come to therapy pondering their friendship with a former lover. They may ask questions like: “Our friendship is perfect and they seem to have grown so much since we broke up. Should we ...

Should I be friends with my ex? We broke up amicably a few weeks ago. He wants me to keep in touch with him, but I don’t text him much, as he’s in a new relationship. We’ve broken up before, and we ...

Q. My ex-boyfriend and I are in our late 20s. I have moved on from our breakup. We have been friends since then — until recently. He has been very mean as a friend. For example, I had to go to the ...

I've been dealing with a painful friendship break-up but I'm actually happier now without my ex-friend. It was more of a one-sided friendship where I was always initiating get-togethers that rarely ...