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So I (30f) broke up with my ex (31) a few weeks ago.  It wasn't the worst breakup I've ever been through, but it was and still is really sad. He and I were best friends. Whenever I need a confidant or someone to vent to, he was my guy. But now that we've broken up, I don't really know who to talk to. I chat with a girlfriend of mine, but it's not the same. She doesn't understand me like he does. She can't look at my face and know if I'm happy or sad or indignant. She doesn't know when that shake in my voice is because I'm feeling weak.  She just doesn't know me. 

I don't want to contact him too much because I don't want to stymie his recovery from the breakup, or my own for that matter. But I'm hurting and I want my best friend.
<bot>: Broke up with my bf and lost my best friend in the process. Now I don't know how to cope.