Friend-Lover.

The friend lovers. That game we play after the relationship is over and we pick up the pieces of our hearts. We tell ourselves that we can do this... We can maintain a platonic relationship with the person that was once our worlds. The person that knows us better than we know ourselves sometimes. The person who was once inside of our hearts in more ways than a friend could ever be. 

But in my opinion and experience, this is untrue. 

Secretly, you want something to happen. You want them to SEE what's in front of them. There's no way in hell you can sit there and hear about their new significant other without feeling something. Without the longing. You want them to be around in some form, some way so you can feel some of what you felt when you were together. You're playing this game with your heart. Tricking it into not hurting for that space of time. On the surface, you look like you're handling it well. This is working. And then... it blows up in your face. You're the one keeping all the other prospects for another love at bay because you're wishing and waiting on this person who has moved on.

And you can't say anything in protest, because you're the friend.

Don't put yourself through that. Sometimes, you need to just let go of the situation completely. For YOUR sanity.