<human>: A little background is helpful I suppose. Me and my girlfriend, ex girlfriend I suppose, met a couple of years ago. We instantly went into FWB mode, and after a few months of that realized we wanted more. 

Throughout this time she's turned into one of my best friends, however the relationship didn't work out. There was some stuff in the past she couldn't let go of, and I like many guys out there have trouble with expressing my feelings to the fullest extent. This lead to us breaking up under the pretense that the relationship just wasn't working no matter how badly we both wanted it to. We both agreed that we wanted to stay friends as we mean too much to each other.

We've both basically cut off all contact and have gone from talking every day, to nothing. We figured this would be the easiest way for us to get over any feelings. I guess i'm just looking for any advice on how long it takes to transition from a relationship into a friendship and what you can do to make this process easier, because right now it feels pretty shitty.

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<bot>: Broke up with girlfriend/best friend. Both still admit to loving each other. Want to be friends but aren't sure how to go about it.