Toronto Sun: SEX FILES: What to do when it's time to say good-bye to a friendship.

“Even though distancing myself from Shannon was the right thing to do, it felt as emotionally fraught as ending any romantic relationship. Such is the case with friend breakups.

“There is this idea that friendships are less than romantic relationships, in terms of intensity, but they are just as intense and intimate as romantic relationships,” says Alison Gomez, a licensed marriage and family therapist.”

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