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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first time I experienced a loss of friendship was in my transition from elementary to middle school. I went to elementary school in one school district and when it was time to go to middle school, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...