I broke up with my ex , but I was more heart broken than he was because he simply saw it end and dealt with it , but for me our relationship had changed and we were both young but he was with me 247 and became my brother . I had been an only child , and had always been alone so my ex became the person I had always missed as a child . Wasn ' t a healthy relationship because I couldn ' t show him affection in the way he wanted me to , but breaking up with him meant I was losing my ' brother ', who I still loved dearly . It took a long time but we ' re really good friends now and he still lives with my parents because they want to make sure he ' s stable and good he moved in with us way back because he had a severe depression and I moved out and am living on my own . So I ' m lucky I guess .