Oh agree support helps make it so much easier.
My story... Was a long time ago. He was my best friend long before it turned into anything more. For a long time after we realized how we felt we fought it. haha we did a very poor job of that if you ask me! We did end up together but... People can know someone too well. That was our case. We knew each other so well that eventually his natural protective nature and my friendly personality clashed. I had left our home town for the military and made lots of new friends. Many of whom happened to be male. (the military is still a mainly male group) He was very unhappy about that.
he made some very untrue accusations and it ended up making us hate each other.
I do not hate him now and I understand why he began to get scared but I loved him. Still do to be honest. but we are different people now. I have grown into a very different person. So has he.
it is nothing compared to the things others have had to face but it hurt me.