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My boyfriend and I broke up about a month ago and he has already moved on with my best friend. They have been dating for two weeks now and I only found out a couple of days ago and they never were going to tell me, it was only because I personally messaged her because I had suspicions something was going on. I have had a long history of my ex's dating my best friend straight afterwards and both of them knew that. I want her to be happy but than again why does it have to be with the person that I still love and am trying to move on. I received a message off him saying that the had been talking for more than a month non-stop and she helped him move on and I just have to deal with it. I really do not know how I should be feeling. I see them together all the time at school and it makes things so much worse. I guess it is really hard because not only did I lose my boyfriend but also a really close friend.
I really don't know how i should feel about the situation...
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Hey balletgirl101, thank you for sharing with us.
I'm sorry to hear about you and your boyfriend. The end of a relationship is always hard, but as they say, one door closes, another opens.
Similarly to you, throughout high school, and even now out of school, my friendship circle tended to "inter-date" as we called it (date members of the same social group). This would ultimately end in tension and such, with friends dating other friends' ex's. It's much easier now they we are out of school and have moved on and only see each other every couple of months, however in a day-to-day school environment it can be tough.
What I suggest you do is to let them know you're still mourning the relationship and so they need to be considerate of that, and try not to be all "lovey dovey" around you. In stating that, it is important that the relationship between you and your best friend does not change, otherwise she may not be worth having as a best friend. Talk to her about making sure you still have time together to do fun things.
If she's a good friend, she would have perhaps already considered all of this and how torn you must be feeling. Don't beat yourself up over it, instead take it as an opportunity to perhaps focus more on your grades or on yourself and other hobbies or commitments you might have.
Crystal
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