Is it healthy to still love your ex?

You're not *in love* anymore but you know that deep down you love them, and it's mutual.

You wish them peace and you help them when they need it yet keep a safe distance.

Is indifference even a legit option?

Because it seems too ideal to be true.

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bijouxbroussard · F

It depends on what you loved about them in the first place, imo. I only fell in love once more, years after I was widowed. The things I loved about that man were real, he is a good person, but ultimately we were better off just being friends. So I still wish him well, I wouldn’t feel indifferent if anything bad happened to him.

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@bijouxbroussard I know a couple who are going through something similar, but after years of marriage. As she puts it, "We are ending the marriage to preserve the friendship."