When Friends Breakup

The loss of a good friend is just as devastating as the loss of a boyfriend or girlfriend. For some reason we allow ourselves to moan and groan when we lose a boyfriend but when it comes to platonic relationships we pretend they don't really exist. REAL friends are the ones who know who you really are. We let our hair down with them and they see us in all our true jeans-and-t-shirt-no makeup-grumpy mood-glory.Sometimes they know us better than our own family, which makes it all the more painful when true friends breakup. How do you cope when you are breaking up with the very person you turn to when your problems are the worst?

According to Rachel Simmons at Teen Vogue There are three basic rules to breaking up with a BFF without being cruel:

1. Make sure your decision's permanent. You can't change your mind next week, or pretend like nothing happened at random moments. Now that's nasty.

2. Don't talk about it with your friends. Let them know it's over, but don't get into it at length. Your ex will totally hear about it or get weird looks from other girls and feel horrible.

3. Do it the way you'd want it done to you. There are no easy break up speeches, but you'll be classier and more humane if you put yourself in her shoes.

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