Just went through a breakup

My boyfriend of four months and I broke up recently. He broke it off and now says he doesn’t think we’ll ever get back together again. This was pretty devastating for me and though he doesn’t like to show how it feels, he’s made it pretty clear it hurts him a lot too.

This may sound kind of ridiculous to most, but we’ve been best friends for years and used to spend all our time together. I felt like I was going to marry him, like I just knew that was the one. But it apparently didn’t work out, and it’s been a hard pill to swallow.

We had a lot of issues we didn’t have the time or patience to work out towards the end, but we still want to remain best friends.

I don’t know if I can do it.

Any tips on how to handle this emotionally, or how to keep the friendship alive after all that’s happened? Both would be good at a time like this.