"Can we still be friends?" Can anyone ever truly be friends again after a breakup? You give a person your everything. In turn, they learn everything about you, every insignificant fact. But suddenly they disappear. They aren't yours anymore & somehow you're suppose to talk to them. There will be awkward pauses where the "i love you" used to go & the colorful conversations will become dull & painful. And even if years pass, you still won't talk normally because talking to them at all will remind you why you fell in love with them in the first place.