Recently ended a relationship and it's hitting hard for different reasons

So basically I (19M) recently ended a LDR with my ex-gf (18F) a little over a month ago. We were high school sweethearts, but now we go to different colleges (we're both freshmen) so obviously that put a strain on our relationship. So I'm just gonna give you a background on our past:

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We've been absolute best friends since about 8th grade, and we started dating in about 10th. I remember back then, when we first met, we made all those naive promises like "oh we're gonna be best friends forever, no matter what happens" and sappy shit like "I love you more than anything else in the world." As our friendship and eventually relationship grew, I sort of started buying into those things. We came to each other for everything, told each other everything, and were literally closer than any couple I knew, even before we started dating. So eventually she confessed she liked me (pretty obvious at that point), and we started dating. We were EXTREMELY close as a couple in HS, up to the point where we were actually inseperable. It wasn't like it was the honeymoon phase or anything, we genuinely enjoyed each other's company as friends and partners. There were multiple points where she said that if I asked her to marry her on the spot, she would take it with no hesitation. We texted every day and had "nightly calls" where we could just talk to each other an hour before we would sleep (even though we saw each other 5 days a week at school.. lmao). She literally would drop anything just to hang out or chat with me. Obviously, I loved her a lot, but I didn't have close to that kind of dedication.

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It came to a point where she was worried what college was going to do to us once we went our separate ways, like EXTREMELY worried. We were both afraid we would lose feels due to the nature of LDRs, but she in particular always told me about how she would forever be in love with me, and if I lost feels and started dating someone else in college, she wasn't sure she would be able to get over me for the REST OF HER LIFE.

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So yeah, fast forward to a month ago, we decided it would be mutually beneficial to end our relationship and stay "best friends." All was good at first, we still chatted often and told each other about what was going on in our lives. Then, suddenly, while I was visiting her for spring break, she confessed again and admitted she was still in love, and seeing me in person made her realize that her feelings were just affected by the strain of LDR. I said no, mainly because I knew the LDR was just too much for us, and that we couldn't just keep going on-off. Then two weeks ago, she tells me she's dating some guy at her school.

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It was a complete shock at first, it was totally unlike her. She's not the type of person to rush into anything, especially a relationship. She doesn't do hookups or "short-term" relationships or "tries things out" with someone. She usually has to be really sure she liked the guy before she started dating; we had discussed our romantic tendencies numerous times in HS and beginning of college. Plus, she had just ended a 3-year, solid relationship with me less than 2 weeks before AND also admitted a week after that she was still in love with me and wanted to get back together. Honestly, as her friend, I was happy she found someone. But I was somewhat bitter/annoyed with the fact that she found someone so soon. Like is it normal to feel a bit cheated in this aspect?

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It's also tough because she's been far and away my best friend over the past 5 years, and I know I've been hers. It's the first time I've had to "share" her with someone else, and even though I have great friends at college, none can compare to her back home. I just feel apathetic towards things, to the point where my friends at college are asking me if I'm okay. I don't think I'm jealous of her new bf really. Tried to talk to her about it without any real headway, our texts/occasional calls usually just fall flat and it's just not as fun anymore. Just missing my best friend. Any suggestions? :(

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TLDR: Ex-gf of 3 years (who I'm best friends with after our LDR breakup) starting dating someone else less than 2 weeks after our breakup. Tough to share her with someone else, especially after we've been the closest of best friends for over 5 years now.

Submitted April 05, 2019 at 07:14PM

So basically I (19M) recently ended a LDR with my ex-gf (18F) a little over a month ago. We were high school sweethearts, but now we go to different colleges (we're both freshmen) so obviously that put a strain on our relationship. So I'm just gonna give you a background on our past:​We've been absolute best friends since about 8th grade, and we started dating in about 10th. I remember back then, when we first met, we made all those naive promises like "oh we're gonna be best friends forever, no matter what happens" and sappy shit like "I love you more than anything else in the world." As our friendship and eventually relationship grew, I sort of started buying into those things. We came to each other for everything, told each other everything, and were literally closer than any couple I knew, even before we started dating. So eventually she confessed she liked me (pretty obvious at that point), and we started dating. We were EXTREMELY close as a couple in HS, up to the point where we were actually inseperable. It wasn't like it was the honeymoon phase or anything, we genuinely enjoyed each other's company as friends and partners. There were multiple points where she said that if I asked her to marry her on the spot, she would take it with no hesitation. We texted every day and had "nightly calls" where we could just talk to each other an hour before we would sleep (even though we saw each other 5 days a week at school.. lmao). She literally would drop anything just to hang out or chat with me. Obviously, I loved her a lot, but I didn't have close to that kind of dedication.​It came to a point where she was worried what college was going to do to us once we went our separate ways, like EXTREMELY worried. We were both afraid we would lose feels due to the nature of LDRs, but she in particular always told me about how she would forever be in love with me, and if I lost feels and started dating someone else in college, she wasn't sure she would be able to get over me for the REST OF HER LIFE.​So yeah, fast forward to a month ago, we decided it would be mutually beneficial to end our relationship and stay "best friends." All was good at first, we still chatted often and told each other about what was going on in our lives. Then, suddenly, while I was visiting her for spring break, she confessed again and admitted she was still in love, and seeing me in person made her realize that her feelings were just affected by the strain of LDR. I said no, mainly because I knew the LDR was just too much for us, and that we couldn't just keep going on-off. Then two weeks ago, she tells me she's dating some guy at her school.​It was a complete shock at first, it was totally unlike her. She's not the type of person to rush into anything, especially a relationship. She doesn't do hookups or "short-term" relationships or "tries things out" with someone. She usually has to be really sure she liked the guy before she started dating; we had discussed our romantic tendencies numerous times in HS and beginning of college. Plus, she had just ended a 3-year, solid relationship with me less than 2 weeks before AND also admitted a week after that she was still in love with me and wanted to get back together. Honestly, as her friend, I was happy she found someone. But I was somewhat bitter/annoyed with the fact that she found someone so soon. Like is it normal to feel a bit cheated in this aspect?​It's also tough because she's been far and away my best friend over the past 5 years, and I know I've been hers. It's the first time I've had to "share" her with someone else, and even though I have great friends at college, none can compare to her back home. I just feel apathetic towards things, to the point where my friends at college are asking me if I'm okay. I don't think I'm jealous of her new bf really. Tried to talk to her about it without any real headway, our texts/occasional calls usually just fall flat and it's just not as fun anymore. Just missing my best friend. Any suggestions? :(​TLDR: Ex-gf of 3 years (who I'm best friends with after our LDR breakup) starting dating someone else less than 2 weeks after our breakup. Tough to share her with someone else, especially after we've been the closest of best friends for over 5 years now.