<human>: Can you provide a brief overview of the text?

My boyfriend of about a year and a half broke up with me last week. We both agree that our relationship was fantastic - we are both very laid back people who found each other hilarious and sexy. We enjoyed every minute of our relationship, and I know both of us would never have changed it for the world. Neither of us had been in a long term relationship before, and we were very lucky to have found each other.

But, for whatever reason, his feelings never developed as strongly as mine. As soon as he understood how he felt, he let me know. He was completely honest with me from the beginning and never strung me along, and as awful as it has been I am absolutely grateful to him for that. The breakup was emotionally intense for both of us, and obviously I was in shock and a total wreck, but we've both been supportive and taking good care of each other. There were lots of tears but not a single harsh word, and we both just want the best for each other. He's been helping me through it and I've been getting better and better every day.

We're both absolutely committed to staying friends. The thought of losing both my boyfriend AND my best friend is absolutely devastating. I know it will be hard, but I think if I can control my feelings and turn love-love into friend-love, we can make it work. But... I've never been through this before, so I don't really know if I'm capable of doing that. I'm a pretty strong person, usually very capable of controlling my emotions, so I think I can do it. But everyone who hears "we're going to stay friends" seems to give me the same sad, patronizing, knowing look. It makes me wonder if we are just being ignorant and naive.

So... if anyone has stories of staying friends with their ex, I would really love to hear them!
<bot>: Boyfriend broke up with me, but we ended on good terms and we really want to be friends. Is it possible?