My SO cheated on me with a friend of his that he works with. They started out as friends and the line was crossed.... how do I distance myself from my SO? I have been with him for 5 years, he is my best friend, our families love each other, I would have never guessed he would have done this to me. I am so hurt and angry, however, I do still love him. But for us to ever possibly be able to get over this, I feel like I need to break away for a while. I need to focus on myself and he needs to figure out somethings as well. Why is it so hard to not call or not respond to his text messages? I just wish I was so ANGRY that I could just ignore him completely.