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

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.
Holly Riordan
January 19, 2017
“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, Fifty Shades Trilogy(Fifty Shades of Grey / Fifty Shades Darker / Fifty Shades Freed)
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Mourning, Loss
“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, Mrs. Tuesday's Departure
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Rejection, Love
“Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.”
— Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Rejection, silver lining
“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, What It Feels Like When Your ‘Almost Relationship’ Ends
Tagged: Almost Relationships, hurt, Crying
“You try to act like you’re not hurt, you secretly hope he’s going to realize he messed up and you’ll take him back. But he doesn’t come back; in fact he barely even looked back at the wreck he left behind because to him it wasn’t a big deal. To him you weren’t really dating so why should it matter that much?”
— Becca Martin, What It Feels Like When Your ‘Almost Relationship’ Ends
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Dating, Leaving
“Heartbreak hurts, no matter how long you were with someone, no matter if you were dating or not. Once your heart is invested, it hurts when it ends.”
— Becca Martin, What It Feels Like When Your ‘Almost Relationship’ Ends
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Heartbreak, Dating
“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, To My Almost Relationship, This is Me Letting Go
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Letting Go, Moving On
“Relationships aren’t supposed to be an almost thing.”
— Kirsten Corley, To My Almost Relationship, This is Me Letting Go
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Relationships, Almost
“We let go because we deserve someone that makes you feel good 100% of the time. We let go because we shouldn’t just like half of one person. We let go because we want someone to love us, as deeply as we love them.”
— Kirsten Corley, To My Almost Relationship, This is Me Letting Go
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Love, deserving
“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, Be Thankful Your Almost Relationship Never Turned Into A REAL Relationship
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Flirting, Kissing
“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, Be Thankful Your Almost Relationship Never Turned Into A REAL Relationship
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Fun, Happiness
“Be happy your almost relationship never turned into an actual, honest to goodness relationship. Now you can find someone that fits you better. Someone that realizes what you deserve. Someone that thinks you’re worthy of the title of girlfriend.”
— Holly Riordan, Be Thankful Your Almost Relationship Never Turned Into A REAL Relationship
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Moving On, silver lining
“Just because it ended, doesn’t mean there is something wrong with you or it was something you did.”
— Melody Yong, 10 Lessons You Learn From An Almost Relationship
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Dumped, Heartbreak
“Even though it hurts today and maybe for a while, but one day you will cherish all the good times you have had together. Although it was not a happy ending you might have expected, it was something. A lesson in life, a blessing in disguise. You will be okay, eventually.”
— Melody Yong, 10 Lessons You Learn From An Almost Relationship
Tagged: Almost Relationships, silver lining, Lessons
“We can love someone very much and still not be meant for them. Affection and compatibility are two different beasts.”
— Brianna Wiest, This Is Why Your Brain Won’t Let You Get Over Your Almost Relationship
Tagged: Almost Relationships, affection, Love
“What happened to wanting the best for yourself? What happened to wanting forever with someone, instead of settling for someone who frankly doesn’t care about you?”
— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Why ‘Almost’ Is Never Enough
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Forever, Settling
“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’t see that, doesn’t deserve to ever see how brightly you can shine.”
— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Why ‘Almost’ Is Never Enough
Tagged: Almost Relationships, High Standards, Self-Worth
“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, Why ‘Almost’ Is Never Enough
Tagged: Almost Relationships
“Almost is another word for nothing.”
— Rania Naim, 10 Reasons Why You Should Unfollow The Guy You ‘Almost’ Dated
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Nothing, Almost
“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 opinion symbolized the opinion of the whole world.”
— Jocelyn Soriano, Mend My Broken Heart
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Rejection, Opinions
“He needs 'space' and 'time,' as if this were physics and not a human relationship.”
— Kathryn Stockett, The Help
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Time, Space
“Maybe we were ‘grey’, maybe we were ‘just friends’, maybe we were an ‘almost’. And maybe that was okay for you. It wasn’t for me.”
— Suzzy Win, We Were An ‘Almost’ But Almost Isn’t Enough For Me
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Just Friends, Almost
“We were almost something. And ‘almost’ really, really sucks.”
— Suzzy Win, We Were An ‘Almost’ But Almost Isn’t Enough For Me
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Almost, Misery
“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, We Were An ‘Almost’ But Almost Isn’t Enough For Me
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Friends, Dating, Nothing
“The one thing we must always remember about ‘almost’ relationships is that if it was meant to be, it would have been.”
— Andrea Davis, The Unedited Truth About Why ‘Almost’ Relationships Are Never Worth It
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Destiny, Fate
“For anyone dealing with end of an ‘almost relationship,’ I know it sucks. It’s a major blow to your ego and you’re going to need a few days to wallow and feel sad. Do it. Complain to your friends all you want. But remember that you’re going to move on very quickly. This person wasn’t in your life long enough to even make a dent. Moving on will be easy.”
— Elizabeth Thompson, The Truth About ‘Almost Relationships’(Because I’ve Had More Than A Few)
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Moving On, Wallow
“One day you’re going to find yourself in an ‘almost relationship’ that will seamlessly flow into an actual relationship. It may just take a little longer than you hoped for.”
— Elizabeth Thompson, The Truth About ‘Almost Relationships’(Because I’ve Had More Than A Few)
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Relationship, Official
“The worst thing about an almost relationship is the potential that could have been but never was. It leaves you aching for month’s even years after things have ended. It leaves you yearning, unjustifiably, for a future that will never exist with the other person.”
— David Lorenzo, This Is The Aftermath Of ‘Almost Relationships’(From A Guy’s Perspective)
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Disappointment, Future
“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, This Is The Aftermath Of ‘Almost Relationships’(From A Guy’s Perspective)
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Sanity, Insanity
“In the end, I just truly hope we both find people who finally won’t be our almost.”
— Shaun Ferrer, To The Girl I Almost Dated, I Still Think About You
Tagged: Almost Relationship, Almost, Future