Ariana,

I find in order to stay friends if you are in an entangled/co-dependent relationship is just to break it off completely with no contact for at least 6 months.  Once you are both emotionally back on your feet and able to create a life outside your ex then you can consider being friends.  But for the life of me, I don’t know what that means.

Does it mean you talk with each other and share the same way you did when you were together?  As frequently?  As deeply?  Does it mean you two hang out together?  It’ll be good to know what “being friends” means for I bet it isn’t like the way you are with your current friends.

Mark