I guess that makes sense. Though not everyone minds being friends after a break-up. I don't think I'd mind, but it depends of under what circumstances the break-up happened. I also think that in some cases it should be made clear that there are rules, since not everyone always concretely understands that it's really over.

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I laughed at that analogy XD
pretty clever!
I get it, but I still don't find it necessary to quit being friends after you break up.
I'd love to still be friends with my ex-bf's, but they're not too willing 🙄

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lmfao do u mind if i copy and paste this too my ex's?

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The analogy kind of makes sense to me. Though not from personal experience. I've never offered to be friends with the guys I've broken up with, but I've had two guys refuse to completely cut off ties with me. I wonder if that means the guys who accept the friendship offer think they've still got a chance, while the ones that refuse it know they don't?

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That's a good analogy but works both ways, I'm a girl and I've had to completely cut ties with a guy who 'wanted to be friends' after breaking up. I did it out of boredom and annoyance rather than the pain of breaking up though. I can understand why some people need to sever the link in order to move on.

Having said that me and my ex broke up by mutual agreement (and I mean mutual after several months of being on and off) but decided to remain friends. We didn;t even agree to be friends, just every so often one of us will text/call the other and we'll just catch up. It works well but our unspoken rule is not to talk about other romances with each other. So being friends can work, but I would say it's the exception rather than the rule in my experience.

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does that mean that the fries represents love
and the burger and coke is like friendship other stuff?

Sigh...

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I like this analogy.
It's smart, and it makes sense.
I've seen my friends who were a couple and then broke up later on and tried to be friends.
Let me tell you, it was bloody awkward being in their company. You can sorta feel a weird tension going on.

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I understand the analogy, it is pretty simple if you put it in context.
As for the agreement I have to like the statement near the bottom about “Would you like fries with that?” somehow just hearing that phrase in the end made me rather annoyed when I put it in context.

I would send it to my friends but they'd probably say something like "All you think about is food, that is why you had to compare your relationship with McDonalds! LOL"

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Dude you are a genius~~ its hard to explain to girls this problem and it gets annoying having too try
You deserve a noble peace prize in my book

edit* to some1 reply ya i understand that guys sometimes dont get it either but the thing is guys dont want to still feel that attachment even if they broke up not trying to lean to one side if i did i apologize
Im just saying what ive seen the majority of the time

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agreed awesome analogy im stealing it bro 😛

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I agree with the analogy for the most part ...
I laughed at it, mainly because I don't like McDonald's fries (too salty) and how as much as I try to think of a better one, that one seems to do a great enough job explaining it.
Yeah the only reason I can't fully agree is because McDonald's fries are too salty, I wouldn't want that (so I can't understand why someone would), but then again it is an analogy. So I 98% agree with this.

Thanks Dr. Love for sharing this ... although it was 5 years ago, Still Good! thumbs up.

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As a girl, the line "can we still be friends" is the same as "can we still be cool with eachother and not kill?"

although I can be wrong.

Ha Ha, I just can't help but laugh at the analogy..

For someone who had eaten a Big Mac Combo everyday for 2 months (last year for dinners),
I practically got bored of eating the fries, the drink was also no good, I hate sodas for I can't stand the acidity, and the Iced tea's flavor was weak...
But I still continued ordering the Combo for the guys there are pretty much are expecting that this would be the one that I'll be ordering, and I couldn't break it to them, so, yeah...

I was delighted when they released the Bbq flavor for fries, it gave a whole new twist to it..

I therefore conclude that having the same thing everyday will eventually get anyone bored to it,
So even if it was given to someone, we wouldn't mind, we already had a very nice fill with it anyway..

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I've never had anyone dump me but I get the analogy. I only have a handful of exes but I'm not friends with any of them any more. Some I refused to be friends with, some we just drifted away from each other. I'd like to be friends with some of them but they refused.

Also it is awkward to be friends when you had a uhmm, physical relationship. I had a friend like that and she told me that it was uncomfortable. Even though she wanted to keep being friends with the guy, the guy's current girlfriend totally refused. I kind of understand it from the current gf's POV. But my friend and the guy had been friends for years before they started dating. So it was really disappointing that their friendship didn't make it.

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