Here’s how it is, sweetie:
We are no longer in a relationship, but I still love Tyler, with all my heart, and he still loves me. Even though we’ve broken up, we still express our love for one another to each other, as lovers naturally do. We didn’t and won’t suddenly start hiding our already well-known feelings simply because we aren’t an official couple right now. We both know quite well that our love still lives on; you don’t have to be in a relationship to be in love with somebody.
I suppose you could call us best friends with benefits. Though we still tell the other that we love them, still refer to one another affectionately, still hold hands/kiss/act like lovers, we’re using the break that we’re on to polish our friendship some more. As I said, we’re still best friends, just… best friends in love, it’d seem.
So… we’re both single, but we’re still best friends, but we’re in love.
If either one of us starts to date somebody else, we’ll STILL be best friends. That won’t change. If he starts to date another girl during our break, I’ll still love him, even if him dating someone else means I’ll have to keep my distance and limit myself to “just the best friend that loves him” status, and I’ll support him, comfort him, and help him to the best of my ability, like a good best friend should… and vice versa.
So, again: We’re both single right now, but we’re still super-close best friends, just in love.
