[header] How to be friends after a breakup [title] Break up with less drama. [step] If you're going to remain friends, you can't have a dramatic, no-holds-barred breakup. When you're breaking up with each other, you need to resolve any major issues without slinging mud and hatred at each other. 
[substeps] That doesn't mean that you need to breakup without any sadness. Of course you're both going to be upset and sad.