Can there really be friendship after love? When friends turn to lovers and that love ends this question is the first to come up. You begin to miss what you had before and the knowledge that involvement may have been a mistake can be difficult to deal with. So what do you do?

You must first ask yourself if you can cope with the idea of just being friends. The feelings and behaviors associated with involvement are a sharp contrast from being nothing more than friends and the adjustment is not always easy. This is especially true if you were not the one who initiated the break, but even in instances of a mutual break it is often difficult to lose that level of intimacy you held when you were together. It is important to know what you can and cannot live with because agreeing to a friendship that you can not handle can often cause more pain for the both of you.

Whether friendship can survive involvement is a difficult question to answer. The survival of friendship depends heavily on a number of factors. The feelings of both individuals, the duration of the involvement and the way the relationship ended are just a few of the factors that dictate the survival of a friendship. The more of an emotional investment an individual had in the romantic relationship the harder it is the make the transition into friendship. Also, if the relationship ended badly there is a certain level of reconciliation that needs to take place before a friendship can move forward.

Whether there can be a friendship or not depends most heavily on the willingness of both parties to have a friendship. While one person can be more than happy to just be friends if the other one is not satisfied with the lack of intimacy a friendship offers vs. a romantic involvement, there is no way a friendship can follow a break up.

It is important for both people to talk things out and respect each others feelings. Relationships are complicated and all too often the end of a romance can mean cutting ties all together. While it is possible to have a friendship after love, nothing is guaranteed.