Episode XIII: Conversations on Clouds

[x_boyfriend]

“You miss talking to her no?” a friend asked me once, after our fifth shot of tequila. And so I simply nod my head, and go on to have my sixth.

I’ve only recently convinced myself to speak to her again, if not only in well-measured phrases and obligatory pleasantries. We all have to start somewhere, I tell myself, though sometimes I find it hard

Comments

[awildflowersoul]

dragons are fun.

awww. that's gotta be one of my favorite otter-sides.

do you think it's actually possible, when two people to break up, to be friends and not slightly-bitter-ex-lovers? (not to say that you two are, but i'm just using a catch phrase)

hard question but i really wanna know your thoughts on this.

[nixc]

i know you're not asking for my thoughts, and this has never happened to me, but i do believe it's possible for people to be friends with their ex's. if both parties agree with the break up, neither of them try to cling to the dying/dead relationship, and they're both mature enough to handle it. easier said than done, i guess.

[x_boyfriend]

easier said than done, i guess.

after everything... i find it hard to see any weighted break-up without a heavy tinge of bitterness. i've always wanted to believe that friendship could've always been taken back. but when you think about it... that's the first thing lost.

but nix is right, maturity on both parties is required. a lot of it. maturity will allow both parties to understand where each other stand. and that's only possible through dialogue... conversation... some fucking closure. it doesn't work all the time. not all films end with happy endings. but you owe the audience some resolution. tying up of all loose-ends.

and never ever ever fuck over whom you love.

[selloutgirl]

ive never been friends with an ex, but it is possible. haha. i know someone who's best friends with his ex. =)

[faithlessphil]

*Ears burning*

[selloutgirl]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

sapol. =p

[x_boyfriend]

uy. play nice.

[sassyredgirl]

my ex and i are friends now... but it took a long time though. it is possible ;)

[x_boyfriend]

how long?

[sassyredgirl]

about a year? i really can't remember. pero matagal din kaming di nag-usap.

[rhuzen]

why do u ask?
u're friends with her right?

[x_boyfriend]

i've only recently gotten to patch things up with her again. and when i mean recently, i mean very recently. it's not like we're the closest of friends... but i guess it's better than nothing.

[rhuzen]

im willing to give half of my life just to be 'real' friends with him.
i envy you zig.

[x_boyfriend]

i know what you mean. and as much as i wanted to fix things between us... i do have to admit that circumstance and luck had a lot to do with it. i guess, sometimes, a lot of us aren't as lucky.

[rhuzen]

does it really help to be friends with somebody you know you can never have?

[x_boyfriend]

well, if there are still feelings, then it might actually be better if you tore your heart out and let it bleed in front of you. most especially if she's found someone else.

but all things considering, i've taken a few steps forward by letting her go somewhat. it helps, i guess, by accepting that nothing can ever happen.