The problem is, there’s nothing wrong with him. He was a perfectly fine boy with a polite smile and a genuine laugh. He was sweet and kind and romantic and he cared more deeply than you’d ever seen anyone care before. He was patient and warm and did all the right things. He was everything you wanted.

But you weren’t what he deserved.

He needed a falling head over heels kind of love, the kind that you throw your whole soul into. The kind where you lived and breathed each other, because that’s all you really needed.

But you were a cautious girl.

Not because you’d necessarily had some big, life-altering event. You’d never had a huge moment of relationship betrayal, never been stung so bad that you swore love off altogether. You just didn’t fall as fast.

You were more of a realist, and saw the future coming faster than he did. You knew the reality of the situation, and that time was only going to become more divided. You saw the months flying by, and he was focused on the here and now.

(Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)

But you only saw miles extending. You started seeing less in common, more to argue about. You became annoyed for no good reason, and you started looking for a way out.

You found it, you took it. And you probably lost a good friend in the process.

But what else do you do when you know it’s not meant to be? When you don’t have strong feelings, and you’d rather spare the other person from yourself? How do you break off the relationship with the “perfect boy” who just isn’t perfect for you? Is there a good way? One that can salvage the friendship that you grew so fond of?