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

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 ...

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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 ...

I have a client in her 40s who has just finalized her divorce from her husband. They had met at the soccer field where they both played adult league recreational soccer, and their friendship grew into ...

Recently, I watched one of Sex and City’s iconic episodes, “Ex and the City.” In it, Carrie Bradshaw, the series’ main character and protagonist, asks herself a singular question: Can you be friends ...

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 ...