Burst into Flame and Rise From the Ashes

[tinesthai]

Yep. So Jon and I broke up. I was really upset for awhile, especially since it was mostly my own fault we didn't work out. Maybe someday we'll get back together and our companionship will actually bloom instead of decay, but from how I am currently interpreting Jon's perspective, I don't think I am going to be given the chance to find out. However

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[catachrestic]

Sorry to hear about your break up. From my experience though, the friend thing never works. If it does for a while, just wait until one of you starts dating again... My advice is a clean break.

Faithfulness and monogamy vs polyamory

[theophilusa]

I just had a break up too, and it's always a hard thing to sort out whose at fault for what - not a fun exercise either. It hurts a hell of a lot. I'm in minimal contact with my (ex) boyfriend - I hate the term 'ex' too. I've found that friendship with people I used to be romantically involved with is possible after a year or so, but even then I can't get too close to them for fear of falling back in love

Re: Faithfulness and monogamy vs polyamory

[theophilusa]

Oy. I just re-read this entry and realized: if I was catholic (like my ex was) and confessed this to a priest, he'd say I should do a hellish number of hail mary's in order to attain victory over this tendency to scruples.