An old cliché used, mostly by girls, who dump their boyfriend/girlfriend, to try to lessen the blow and hurt they will go through for months. However, being friends can never happen and they will soon forget about you, leaving you to pick up the broken pieces of your heart all alone.
Girl: "I don't want a boyfriend anymore, I'm so sorry. But I still want to be friends"
When you have exactly what you want in terms of a relationship with one person. Yet you find yourself wanting that little extra something from another.
Tiger Woods response to the media after they found out about all of his affairs, "To the public I'm sorry, but you know I, just like most men, I want to have my cake and eat it too."