How can I support my good friend (and roommate) through a breakup, and not lose my patience? [more inside]
posted by jalebi on Oct 9, 2009 - 11 answers

How can love and the certainty that you want to marry someone fade away and leave numbness? [more inside]
posted by whitelily on Sep 28, 2009 - 46 answers

My X girlfriend screwed me over… Can we be friends again? [more inside]
posted by sav on Sep 18, 2009 - 68 answers

How do you mourn a long term relationship in a healthy way? There is no animosity, just two people who grew in different directions. But it is so hard.
posted by Nothing on Sep 13, 2009 - 23 answers

We broke up. Then, I had a miscarriage. It's been several months, but I'm beginning to feel really guilty. Should I tell him? If so, how? (maybe a little NSFW, better safe than sorry) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 20, 2009 - 41 answers

How do you define "success" in relationships? [more inside]
posted by pauldonato on May 27, 2009 - 22 answers

Relationship Filter: I dated this guy for a month. We broke up a few weeks ago mainly because I am moving this summer. We have overlapping friends and hang out at the same places, which was fine until last week. He hooked up with a girl that I also know. Since we aren't together, I really don't care, but I think he does. Am I wrong not to be jealous? [more inside]
posted by xyla2000 on May 7, 2009 - 26 answers

Lesbian monogamy filter: I am really just a hopeless romantic no matter how hard I try not to be? Should I not move right on to the one waiting in the wings? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 25, 2009 - 16 answers

For once I'm the dumper, not the dumpee, and I am utterly, horribly miserable. I can't figure out if what I'm going through is normal, and if I've made the right decision... [more inside]
posted by doompuppy on Mar 4, 2009 - 34 answers

How should I deal with my on-again, off-again relationship? Should I try to fix it, or should I just break up with her? (Ridiculously long and detail-heavy question.) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 16, 2009 - 22 answers

He broke up with me eight months ago. We are still living together. Although he initiated the breakup, he isn't initiating anything else... like, say, moving out and moving on with his life. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 30, 2009 - 34 answers

So my husband is moving out today. How do I do this? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 12, 2008 - 22 answers

How do I break up with my boyfriend? [more inside]
posted by giggleknickers on Oct 26, 2008 - 27 answers

In serious, long-term relationships, how have you dealt with nagging doubts? How have you sorted through those doubts and then either set them aside and committed yourself, or decided to end things? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 12, 2008 - 18 answers

If I know I wont be happy with him in the long term, why is it so hard to break up with him now? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 9, 2008 - 38 answers

Badly in need of advice. Long, complicated story spanning 3 countries and 5 people. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 11, 2008 - 32 answers

What is this whole no-contact rule for breakups and does it work? [more inside]
posted by idle on Jan 21, 2008 - 26 answers

I'm young and new at relationships...but already noticing some bad tendencies. How can I stop them before I get blacklisted as a psycho girlfriend? [more inside]
posted by idle on Jan 13, 2008 - 34 answers

Complete communication shut down as a means of ending a relationship: How often is this employed? And why can't people have some courtesy? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 29, 2007 - 21 answers

What is your test for knowing when you're over your last relationship and ready for the next one? [more inside]
posted by smallstatic on Oct 15, 2007 - 30 answers

I've been seeing a great guy. He's sweet, smart, funny, and he likes me! So what could possibly be the problem? [more inside]
posted by different on Jan 17, 2007 - 26 answers

What are some great novels and movies about breakups and divorce? [more inside]
posted by tabulem on Dec 23, 2006 - 61 answers

Are e-mail breakups always wrong? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 21, 2005 - 16 answers

How can I help my 18 year old son cope with his first heartbreak? [mi] [more inside]
posted by jokeefe on Mar 9, 2005 - 48 answers

So I accidentally got involved with a coworker/subordinate. We both decided it would be good to end the relationship. She is under the impression it is still okay to "hang out." How do I disway her from this notion?
posted by anonymous on Nov 6, 2004 - 10 answers

I'm asking for your life experiences here. Two people who were in a close relationship broke up, and attempted to remain friends, and more or less failed for different reasons. Now it's a year and a half later, and other things have changed where it's possible and likely in my mind that it could work again. Have you ever been or known someone in this situation, and did it turn out for the better rather than the expected worse? I'm looking for a reason not to be pessimistic, as I usually am.
posted by lysol on May 5, 2004 - 27 answers