hale_bopp wrote:
"Lets be friends" is an excuse. We have all used it.
It's sometimes an excuse and sometimes honest.
It's also sometimes both. My last long-term gf and I regularly expressed a preference to remain friends when and if our relationship ended, as far as I know we both said this in good faith, I certainly did. When we broke up I rejected all contact with her. Due to the nature of how she went about ending the relationship I felt no longer obligated to keep this promise.
Most of my exes prior to that I remained friends with, although some drifted apart.
Most of the girls who had a romantic interest in me that wasn't reciprocated if I said I wanted to be friends I meant it.
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