<human>: Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?

I met my ex-girlfriend a little over a year ago. I'll spare the details of how we got together, but we had been together for about a year. Over that time she became my best friend. I shared everything with her, I had complete trust. She was my first serious girlfriend, I had so many firsts, I lost my virginity and overall matured a lot in my opinion. 

A few days ago she told me she needed to talk. I didn't think it was anything bad, things like this happened all the time. We talked about everything and it seemed completely normal. To my surprise, she told me that she just doesn't seem to have any romantic feelings towards me anymore. She said she still considers me one of her best friends and whenever im ready, whether that's in a week, a month or never she'd like to talk to me again because she doesn't want to lose me.

This was devastating, I still have feelings for her and I do consider her my best friend. I don't want to lose my best friend. I don't blame her for not feeling romance towards me, that's just something that happened and that's ok. I would love to still be friends and talk to her about my problems and go to her when im upset. 

A lot of people say staying friends after breaking up doesn't work but I don't know what I'd do if it couldn't. There was more to the relationship than sex and dates, she was my best friend and I don't feel like I have to lose her. Can this work out? I'm very stressed about it but I want to make it work.
<bot>: My girlfriend/best friend and I broke up but we want to stay friends, I don't know what I'd do without her. Can it work?