<human>: well hello reddit i could use some help, so this is why im here =/

I had a good friend a year ago at school with who i spent alot of time with inside and outside school. It's a really sweet girl who was nice to hang out with. she decided to ask me to start a relationship with me, which i accepted after thinking of it one day. The reason why i thought of it was because i just saw her as a friend and nothing more, also we had some culture differences that could bother our parents. But we just decided to give it a shot , and i can tell you, its the best thing ever. i was deeply in love with her and so was she. everything went perfect we never had problems in the relationship. but yes after a few months we had to break up.. her parents didnt like our culture differences and such and forced her to brreak up, they have been forcing her for a month.. it hurt me. she wanted to stay friends which was hard at the beginning. it was a bit awkward since we saw eachother @ school every day. but  after some time we were good friends again, just as before. Thing is, she found a new (online) boyfriend and that really hurt me. we were in an irl relationship  btw. anyways, it didnt last long for them and we just kept on being friends always. later on she was about to date someone else online, ( i dont know why she decided to date online tho after me) which also didnt work out. all those didnt last longer than 3 months. what i want now is, i wanna stay friends with her because shes important to me and so am i for her. really. I dont want her back, but seeing her with someone else just hurts me .. i think the feelings are still here. what should i do to see her as a friend and nothing more? i really want to be friends with her, but the feelings is still here.. people say i should cut off the contact for a bit and then return? but how do i know when im over those feelings?

Sorry English isn't my native language
thanks for reading ;o

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<bot>: would love to know how i stay friends with my ex ( also my first love that i dated for only a couple months) cuz i really want to, but feelings are in the way. how do i get rid of that?