50 Quotes To Help You Cope With The End Of Your Almost Relationship

50 quotes

Be sad. Be mad. Be whatever. You have the right to feel what you feel. Just because your relationship wasn’t Facebook official, doesn’t make it any less meaningful.

“Relationships aren’t supposed to be an almost thing.”

— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Relationships, Almost

“You’ll try to convince yourself that being upset is ridiculous. You’ll tell yourself this person was never actually your boyfriend or girlfriend, so why do you care? Maybe you’ve heard something similar from your friends. But if you do care or miss the person, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with t…”

— Paige Sheffield, thelala.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Feelings, Valid

“To be rejected by someone doesn't mean you should also reject yourself or that you should think of yourself as a lesser person. It doesn't mean that nobody will ever love you anymore. Remember that only ONE person has rejected you at the moment, and it only hurt so much because to you, that person's…”

— Jocelyn Soriano, amazon.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Rejection, Opinions

“Start saying ‘no’ to the boy who tells you that he might want a relationship in a few months. Start saying ‘no’ to the girl who just wants to have sex with you and nothing else. Start standing up for yourself and saying ‘no’ to the people who only know how to shout ‘almosts’ and question marks.”

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships

“We can love someone very much and still not be meant for them. Affection and compatibility are two different beasts.”

— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, affection, Love

“So before you get upset over the fact that your almost relationship never turned into something real, appreciate it for what it was. Did you have a good time with him? Did he make you happy? Did he make you feel sexy and smart and special? Then what’s so bad about what happened?”

— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Fun, Happiness

“That’s what almost relationships are. It’s this invisible abuse we don’t even see affecting us. It’s half love when humans were designed to take in whole love. It’s the kisses and sex and physically and emotionally attached to someone who doesn’t respect you enough to even text you back, because wel…”

— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Abuse, Sex

“Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Rejection, silver lining

“Isn’t that the greatest tragedy? When someone rejects us, no matter how they abuse our love, we hope against reason that somehow they will come back to us.”

— Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson, amazon.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Rejection, Love

“I am crying over the loss of something I never had. How ridiculous. Mourning something that never was - my dashed hopes, my dashed dreams, and my soured expectations.”

— E.L. James, amazon.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Mourning, Loss

“You’re hurt and you’re allowed to be hurt. You’re allowed to feel sad, you’re allowed to cry and you’re allowed to be feeling the pain.”

— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, hurt, Crying

“To avoid getting sucked into an almost-relationship, keep boundaries. Know what you would do for a good friend, what they would do for you, and subsequently, what you would do for a significant other. If you find yourself venturing into bf/gf territory on the regular, it might be time to step back a…”

— Paige McPhee, narcity.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, definition, Friendship

“Almost relationships mostly end without closure. You may never know why things ended or why it fizzled out, was it you or was it them — and so many other unanswered questions. You will learn that if the relationship was never defined in the first place, then it will end without explanations too.”

— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Closure, Questions

“To my almost relationship, this is me letting go. This is me moving on. This is me for the first time, giving myself what I deserve.”

— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Letting Go, Moving On

“We weren’t friends, but we weren’t together. We were close, but not close enough. We spent so much time together, but we weren’t dating. I guess that only means one thing. We were nothing. We are nothing.”

— Suzzy Win, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Friends, Dating, Nothing

“It was fun hanging out with him. It was fun flirting with him. It was fun kissing him. But that’s over now. And I’m okay with that.”

— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Flirting, Kissing

“Just because it ended, doesn’t mean there is something wrong with you or it was something you did.”

— Melody Yong, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Dumped, Heartbreak

“It is time to start recognizing your own worth. It is time to start recognizing you are worth more than someone who already left you in the past. It is time to start recognizing that you are goddamn beautiful. And anyone who doesn’t see that, doesn’t deserve to be in your life. And anyone who doesn’…”

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, High Standards, Self-Worth

“Almost relationships – A new concept our generation is acquainted with. The place where the other person in the relationship is led to believe that a friendship is going somewhere in the direction of a solid committed relationship. But really it isn’t. It’s stuck in one place but it gives the illusi…”

— Kiran Karamchandani, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Friendship, Lies

“Almost relationships teach you a lot about yourself. They bring out a side of you that you thought never existed. They put you on the edge of sanity and insanity.”

— David Lorenzo, thoughtcatalog.com

Tagged: Almost Relationships, Sanity, Insanity