Why I Can’t Be Friends with My Exes

Once our relationship is over, it’s over.

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I can’t relate to people who are “just friends” with their exes. How? Why? For what?

I’ve never been able to do it.

There’s an intimacy present in romantic relationships that isn’t there for friendships. If you two still like being around each other, why aren’t you still together?