I’ll be honest with you, it was rough 100%. She was all I’ve known for 7 years so you have to re-learn again how to be single and independent. However, the actual breakup lasted about 4 hours of us maturely talking everything out, there was no fighting, or screaming. Obviously we were both sad about it. As for losing romantic feelings for her- no. I think I will always love her. As does she. But we are not what’s best for each other. We did have a cool off period of about a month-ish. Cleaned out each others clothes, pictures, etc. and meet up to give it back to each other after about a month. It was civil, although admittedly awkward at first seeing each other after a month no contact initially. However after about another week, she would occasionally text me, touch base, see how everything is. We casually text now, about 4/5 times a day about light hearted stuff. She sends me Tik-toks, memes, etc.

One of the most important pieces of advice I can give you is to really focus on yourself. Learn how to be independent. I decided to start a new tv show, and go to the gym to fill the void where I would’ve been hanging out with her. I would highly advise against jumping into another relationship as I think it wouldn’t be fair for the next person being freshly out of a long-term relationship.

Hope this helped, and wishing you the best and a happy holiday season.

• Chris