Would you remain friends with someone you loved?

Definitely yes for me, if we already have closure and that we parted our ways peacefully. But still, this depends on her, if she wants to remain friends with me or not. There are times where the saying "bestfriends can be lovers but lovers can't be bestfriends" apply, it take alot of guts and maturity for both people to accept everything that happened for them..

In my younger days, i fell in love with a best friend of mine. Of course after a long time being with each other, the feelings developed. Until one day it becomes obvious that started to make our friendship become weaker because obviously my feelings was caught. My heart shrink as talked that we could never be lovers but remain friends forever. That was a very hard thing for me to do. I even rejected invitastions to do the things we used to. Until one day we parted ways, remnants of memories were etched in my heart and would never vanish as long as i breath. But a small room in my being was reserved to be empty for this friend of mine to be backed in my sanity. Thanks braveheart for being brave in this kind of situation. In my case i never been so brave enough to fight my feelings and to win the love that was about to be mine.

It is really a tough question to answer. it happened to me in some different way. My so called best friend proposed me but i rejected knowing that it is not the real feelings from his side. We decided to become friends. Actually it was from my side. But he told that one day you will definitely feel that thing. But i was wrong in believing him. He was a cheat and acted this for his own advantage. Few months back he behaved very badly with me and now not in touch anymore.

Yes, we can remain friends with some one we loved, this situation is better if the other person is not loving us and if they just want to be friend with us. I have fallen in love with my best friend, but my story is different he proposed me , I said yes, we got married and settled happily till today some times we will be like friends and I can not give that much respect to my husband beca he was very close friend to me and I call him the way I want to ....But this will not happen with evey one....

Yes definitely we would be friends obviously it would take time to be normal again but that would be a short period..The person mey have rejected may be because he/ she is looking for some qualities which may be not there or may be taste is different..

For me yes, for instance he said no to me then its alright why not make friends to someone who loves the other person.. there nothing you can do if he cant love you back for some reasons maybe youre not the type of person he is loking for then nothing to worry about keeping things lcloser makes magic.. could be possible

I wud certainly try to remain friends with that girl to whom I had been in a relationship, but it also depends upon her approval, whther she wants to be in touch with me or not.. But I wud always like to be in touch with the person with whom I had passed sm beautiful moments of my life...

I don't think I can stay "just friends" with someone that I love. At some point I will have to tell her. Never mind risking the friendship. I have to tell her how I feel. Even if it doesn't work out, at least I have no regrets.

In the past I thought it was not possible. Because he was someone who I loved deeply, so it would be sad if I treated him just as a friend. Now it is different. As I am already married and have a happy family. I already let the pass love go. And I can treat him as well as one of my good friends and there is no problem at all.

I am only friends with one person that I have dated in the past. We were engaged to be married but it didn't work out. Though a friendship early on wasn't possible because of fresh pain of breaking up, we did reconnect a couple years later and are now very close friends.

Yes. My answer is YES. Although it really depends on how the friendship started and what kind of decisions you do. You can be friends with someone you love but who doesn't love you. It can be done if you are mature enough to face the situation. SOmetimes, even if what they wanted is just company and friendship, it's already a consolation. But again, it really depends on how you accept the situation.

i have broken with many of my girlfriends but i can see that i can't stay with her as her friend anymore. i really want to be her friend but when i meet her i really feel something that i don't know what to say... I will try to be her friend..

They say that lovers or sweethearts start at friendship. but friendship can also be broken because of loving a friend and not accepting what he or she feels for that friend. In case that would happen to me that i will be in love with my close friend and he only wants friendship, well, i will accept and respect his decision. but i will still keep loving him in secret until what i feel for him is gone..

I am assuming that this is pertaining to you? Well don't answer that, but I feel that you should still be able to stay friends maybe not close but still buddies because that's what you were before you chose to become lovers. I hate to say it but it's better to have friendship than nothing at all.

i don't think that it's applicable in real life. i mean, when the heart starts beating for someone, it will continuously beat for that person whether she or he is a friend or not. the difficult thing is the acceptance part. if that person does not want you to be a girlfriend or a boyfriend, that will really hurt. but if that friend has the same feeling for you, that's gonna be a blessing. all it takes is to give it a try. just tell that person how you feel and be prepared for whatever the reply will be. my boyfriend and i started out as friends. and from there, our love grew. we are in a relationship for more than a year and a half now and really happy together. and ofcourse, we are lovers and we remain as friends. i think it's a better relationship if you aren't just a partner to your other half but a good friend as well. anne

Hi braveheart! Actually, I have fallen in love with my friend and I am married to him until now. But if it happened the other way, that I have fallen in love with him and he does not love me back, I don't think I can stay friends with him shortly after the rejection. Maybe after I have healed, I will be a friend to him again. Who knows, he might wake up one day and find his heart beating only for me or probably I will be the one who will wake up one day and realized that I am not in love with him anymore. Take care and have a nice day.

I tried my best to befriend my exes. But unluckily they are the ones who refuses. Maybe because they are guilty. lol But I consider everything under the bridge now. That is why I am offering a platonic friendship. But since they are not ready yet, then it is okay. Besides i am happily married with kids already.

You CAN remain friends but to do so you need to go through a period of not talking to each other at all. Why? Because to truly get over someone you need to not see them for awhile so all the hurt and pain just goes after awhile- to a point where you feel nothing when you see that person again. That is how it works for me.

I tried to but it didn't last more than a year. I had a good friend(a cute guy too)who I love as a best friend and no more than that. He stay being my good friend though two of my break ups. He was there to pick me up when I got dumped by one and when I broke up with another. He was always there to make me smile. Then I hooked him up with another one of my gf and they went out on three or four dates. I at the time just got into another bad relationship. This looser was always putting me down in front of my friends. Needless to say my relationship fell apart and yes my good friend was by my side. When we had a heart to heart conversation where I told him I only want to be friends with him, our relationship started to sour. Then it dissolved. Good luck with yours.

I'm not sure. My now boyfriend and I were friends, then we sort of dated then were friends again until last January when we got back together. That between time was really hard. We stayed friends but it was tough. So honestly no, I probably couldn't do anything like that again.