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

My girlfriend and I were together for 2 and a half great years. We did a lot of great things with each other and lived in multiple different countries. We'd had our ups and downs but I really thought she'd be it. I'd even looked at rings etc.

I'm not going to go into the details of the breakup. It happened over a month ago. It was fairly uncomplicated and clean, and I don't think it's really necessary to post about it here. We'd agreed to be friends afterwards, which was important to both of us as we'd met through our mutual friendship group and we still share the same friends. We also wanted to stay friends because, despite not working as a couple, we get along very well.

We were living elsewhere at the time and post-breakup I went back home and she went travelling. Since then, I've heard very little from her, which I expected because the internet was bad where she was. Even so, I thought I might get at least one email saying how everything was. Given our history of travelling together this would have meant a lot but obviously we'd broken up so...

During the time she was away, I felt fine. I don't know if it's because I knew we'd have little contact during this time or because I was enjoying being single (by which I don't mean sleeping around). However, once she returned, I still had very little contact with her and for some reason that's made me feel miserable. It's as if it's only just hit me that we've broken up. The breakup clock has been reset.

Now I'm wondering if it's even possible to stay friends or if I should just give up on that idea. Knowing that we'd remain friends made the whole thing easier but will it just make it harder in the long term?

One final issue is that of our mutual friends. Even though they're not involved at the moment, they're tied up in the history of it all. I almost feel like ripping everything up and starting again. Am I being rash?
<bot>: We had what seemed like an amicable breakup. Very little contact since then. Is it possible to be friends after a breakup?