What do I do?

[lovesucks322]

My girlfriend of 3 1/2 years has just decided to break up with me. We are both in college and just recently moved in together. It went well for about 2 months and slowly it just sorta died. She was never home anymore and everytime we tried to talk, things just wouldn't click. Now we both love each other very much and to me she is like my best friend whom I can share anything with. Also we were each other's first love, so you can tell that we really cared about each other for it to last 3 years. So when she told me that she needed space for herself and wanted to break I just broke into pieces. I asked her why and she told me that things just weren't the same and that she felt trapped in the relationship. Now this is my first relationship so the only thing on my mind was to get her back. We then had a long talk about me giving her space and that we would still try to continue the relationship. I was so relieved. So after a few weeks after the patch up I try to become a prince and show her all my love. Things seemed like it was getting better but somewhere in the third week it fell back to where it was. We had another talk and this time she really wanted a break. She says that she doesn't have the same feelings for me and that things would be better if we were just friends. I really broke down this time because after all that I had tried, things still had not change. The only thing I could do then was pack up my stuff and tell her goodbye. I went into a depressed mode the next few days. I felt like I had just lost the love of my life and my best friend. Even though she had said she wanted to still be friends I felt that it would be too hard to look at someone who you had your first kiss with and made love with be a friend?????? Just unbearable. Once I got through my grief I tried to e-mail her and find out if there was still any love left in her for me after our 3 years. She replies to me saying that she still cares for me very much and that she's in a point of her life where she just wants some freedom of being single. She also tells me that we should see whats out there besides us and that fate would decide whether we belong together. After reading that e-mail I felt as though there may still be a chance of us being together again. But seeing other people? I can't stand the thought of another guy coming in and taking my place or any chance I might have left.

 

My question now is should I stay in contact with her and be friends or should I move on? I love her so much so I am willing to wait if there is a chance. Please give some tips and aswers guys! Thanks!