We'd have enjoyed ourselves, kept it simple, and parted friends as always.

To what, years later, must have been her great relief, I did not ask her to wait for me and we parted friends.

He seemed to have forgotten that we hadn't parted friends.

I took you across the river and we parted good friends.

They parted friends and from all 11 @A a% continued to stay in touch over the years.

Nobody got hurt, no damage was done to either vessel, and they all parted almost friends.

There was no reason to continue the partnership and we parted friends.

If you had come to it naturally we could have parted friends.

We parted very good friends, but with reservations, I fancy, on both sides.

In other words, since we must part, I would rather we parted friends than enemies.