i need advice

soo me and my ex broke up 8 months ago. our families are rlly close and everyone told me before we dated not to do it bc when we break up it’s going to be bad but i didn’t listen. he broke up w me bc “his friends didn’t like me” apparently but he still cried abt doing it. i still miss him and this past week i’ve seen him 3 days and i’m going to see him tomorrow i just dk what to do. i cry myself to sleep every night i CANNOT get over him. i text him once in a awhile now but not every day like i used to. i just need it to be less awkward and to be able to talk to him without crying afterwards. i can talk to everyone in his family except him. his brothers are all fine w me& his sister talks to me like she did when we were dating. does ANYONE have any suggestions?