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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 have been holding on to a relationship that’s not quite there. To a commitment that isn’t. To a love that doesn’t give it’s all. To a person who’s not all in.”
— Zybelle Slouanne Esmena, I’m Worth More Than Just An Almost
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Love, Commitment
“I’m worth more than an ‘I’ll try’. I deserve more than an ‘I miss you’ text. I am more than just potential. I’m worth more than just an almost. You need to want me in your life enough to actually do something to make sure I’m there.”
— Zybelle Slouanne Esmena, I’m Worth More Than Just An Almost
Tagged: Almost Relationships, deserving, Self-Worth
“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.”
— Staci Muzzy, It’s Okay To Mourn An Almost-Relationship
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Mad, Sad
“I wasn’t hurt that he didn’t want to be my boyfriend. I was aware that it wouldn’t lead to anything, and I was sadder, about more than anything, that I would eventually be losing a friend.”
— Rebecca Fields, This Is The Cold Hard Truth About Almost Relationships
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Boyfriend, Friendship
“Your feelings are valid and shouldn’t be minimized.”
— Valerie Bevilacqua, For Everyone Tired Of Never Being More Than An ‘Almost’
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Valid, Feelings
“Your almosts are practices, bringing you that much closer to what you may not know you want.”
— Valerie Bevilacqua, For Everyone Tired Of Never Being More Than An ‘Almost’
Tagged: Almost Relationships
“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 illusion that it is headed towards a relationship.”
— Kiran Karamchandani, How We Always Find Ourselves Trapped In Almost Relationships
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Friendship, Lies
“Almost relationships have a lasting effect on us and all our future relationships. They shake us up and our belief system. They create trust issues. They make us feel that we don’t deserve real relationships and that we somehow always get stuck in the vicious cycle of the almosts because we are not good enough.”
— Kiran Karamchandani, How We Always Find Ourselves Trapped In Almost Relationships
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Trust Issues, Self-Doubt
“Any woman has the power to be truly happy, with or without a man.”
— Linda Alfiori, The Art of Loving Intelligently: Discover the Five Love Myths Hurting Women in America and the Truth About Them(Volume 1) by Linda Alfiori (2015-05-04)
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Alone, Boyfriend
“I called it an almost relationship. My friends called it a booty call. I called it love. My friends called me crazy.”
— Kirsten Corley, This Is What Almost Dating Is Really Doing To You
Tagged: Almost Relationships, booty call, crazy
“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 well you aren’t his girlfriend and he’s not obligated to.”
— Kirsten Corley, This Is What Almost Dating Is Really Doing To You
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Abuse, Sex
“If someone likes you enough they will either say it or show it. You wouldn’t be left wondering and guessing and waiting for things to happen. Both men and women know how to win someone they really want to be with.”
— Rania Naim, 10 Crucial Lessons Your Almost Relationship Can Teach You
Tagged: Almost Relationships, actions, expressions
“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, 10 Crucial Lessons Your Almost Relationship Can Teach You
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Closure, Questions
“Dating is hard enough for our generation without almost-relationships confusing the hell out of us.”
— Erica Gordon, 5 Types Of Almost-Relationships You Should Never Engage In
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Dating, Modern Dating
“For my sake, and my sanity, I decided that I couldn’t keep trying to figure out where you fit into my life. So I stopped trying.”
— Lacey Ramburger, I Used To Think We Were An Almost, But Now I Know We Were Nothing
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Sanity, goodbye
“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 that. Regardless of whether you ever defined a relationship with this person, they were part of your life and now they’re not. It’s OK to be upset. Don’t let yourself believe your feelings are invalid.”
— Paige Sheffield, So Your "Almost Relationship" Ended, Here's How To Deal- the Lala
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Feelings, Valid
“Instead of imagining what could’ve happened with your almost-boyfriend, focus on yourself. Go out with your friends. Focus on your goals and passions. Go to that yoga class you stopped going to. Read the books that have been on your reading list for the past six months.”
— Paige Sheffield, So Your "Almost Relationship" Ended, Here's How To Deal- the Lala
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Self-Love, Passions
“Don’t get too caught up in your imagination. In your mind, your almost boyfriend was perfect…but wait, was he really? Are your feelings based on what your relationship and this person actually were, or what they could’ve, would’ve, should’ve been?”
— Paige Sheffield, So Your "Almost Relationship" Ended, Here's How To Deal- the Lala
Tagged: Almost Relationships, Imagination, Fantasy
“‘We had a thing,’ you say, not knowing what to categorize a relationship where you never kissed, but joked about getting married a little too often to be taken as funny.”
— Paige McPhee, Why Almost-Relationships Are Ten Times Worse Than The Real Thing
Tagged: Almost Relationships, label, married
“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 take a look at the relationship you are not in.”
— Paige McPhee, Why Almost-Relationships Are Ten Times Worse Than The Real Thing
Tagged: Almost Relationships, definition, Friendship