You mention keeping an open mind and talking to people. This is always a good idea. Remember, however, you might not always hear what you want to hear. Good friends will not merely nod their heads at you, if they disagree.

They also won’t turn into raving maniacs when they don’t agree with you either.

Otherwise Yva and I would have died in our mutual fires many times.

A lot of us have made decisions on how to make RP Romance work for our characters, but ending these situations is another beast entirely.