I was turning 16. He was turning 18. (Our birthdays were in a month, 1 day apart.) We lived 8 hours form each other but were childhood friends. We decided to end it because the distance was too much for us and we didn’t want to spend that kind of money to see each other. So we broke up and stil talked to each other over skype, etc. we were still good friends.

3 months after our break up, he had turned 18, he decided to go out with a 14 year old really naive christian girl that wanted her first kiss to be on her wedding day. I got really mad at him because they weren’t compatible, and I knew she wouldn’t be able to satisfy him, and that would get him really frustrated. We got into a fight over her and stopped talking. They last 8 months, and when he broke up, he called me and said “You were right.” I accepted being friends with him again, but the relationship was strained.

We now talk an average of 2-3 hours a day, and we’re learning how to be friends again. It’s hard work, especially because we’re still attracted to each other.

We broke up last june. Now, a year and a half later, he’s coming up to visit me for a week in December. We’ve decided to do the “friends with benefits” for that week, only we can act loving towards each other anyway. But no strings after that week. Maybe if one day we end up living closer, we’ll consider it again. But for now we’re staying like this.

Hope I helped!