Loner by Nature? *This is long...

[Indy700]

i know that i made the right decision because it would have been worse in the long run. We didint end on bad terms.

well that is good. i hope to end on good terms as well. i hope to remain friends with her, as she is a really great person. when it happens, i'll let you know how it went

[blue]

ok.
he is a great person to, but im not sure if we will remain friends. we wont be enemys no not that but i think that we will need time before we take that step towards friends.

[Indy700]

well, blue...i did it...tonight...it sucked. Pretty much the worst night ever...took 3 hours total from begining to end...She took it very well. She saw it coming, as i somewhat suspected. We will try to remain friends. She said she'll need some time of not seeing/talking to me, but we're gonna try to make the friend thing work.

It's funny how it hurts, but it is such a relief too...this is pretty much the saddest week of my life tho: break up with girlfriend, everyone leaving for college, me leaving for college this sunday...sucks...

Oh well..c'est la vie and life goes on...all that good stuff...

Thanks for the support too, blue and everyone :-D you guys are great

[Prodigal]

Well, you had to do what you had to do, right? Think about having to do that another year down the line, when she has probably gotten a lot more attached to you.

As for staying friends, it's a tough matter. After crossing the lines from friend to boyfriend and girlfriend, it's hard to go back. Of course you can still be friends, but there will probably be something different. I don't know why... I think it's just something that comes from the fact that you are now an 'ex'... even though you may be best friends. Just keep in mind that in most cases, you don't end up staying friends. But no matter what you do, don't become an asshole to her (which I'm not worried about)... and don't be too surprised if you two kinda fall out of the loop with each other. Remember, this is a risk that both of you had to take and maybe knew you had to take when you committed yourselves to a relationship.

As for college... I will be a senior in high school this year, so I can imagine how that is. I feel that I have separation anxiety and am very afraid of what's coming after high school. Right now I live in southern California, and want to go to Berkeley. All of my friends are either going to stay around here or go to Florida... so I think it's going to be pretty rough on me. But I guess people aren't meant to be together forever? So I guess that theoretically, I know how you feel right now (even though I haven't experienced it first-hand).

And you're right. Life goes on.

Best of luck to you.

-Prodigal

P.S. Have you read my thread yet?