A close friend, 32, dated a woman for eight months, then broke up with her. (The woman and I dated briefly, but it didn’t work out.) “But I don’t want your friendship.” I’ve tried reasoning and apologizing until I’ve run out of things to say. More important, you “told” your friend that you were going to date his ex. Investing more energy at that stage may have paid better dividends than crawling back to him after things didn’t work out with the ex.

Source: New York Times August 23, 2018 15:45 UTC