I'm very sorry that you got burned in a relationship. It sucks. My mother was quite badly burned in her relationship with my father, though, and she's currently living with someone she loves very much so my experience, and what I've seen from the people that I know and care about, tells me that it doesn't have to be that way.

Regardless, I'm not entirely certain what your story had to do with what I was saying, as I was talking about how a successful and happy love doesn't destroy the friendships that a person has.