I have never successfully stayed friends with an ex. I tried, but they didn't. Oh well. But now I have been dating my best friend for a year and a half, and I'm scared that if/when we break up, I'll lose him as my best friend as well. The thing is, we're in a long distance relationship which is really hard on him (more so than it is for me) and if we break up, that would be the reason. So we'd still have feelings for each other and I'm scared that it would be too difficult to stay close friends. Ok, sorry for my rambling