<human>: We dated for a year, and I broke up with her a week ago. We've been talking a lot about why we broke up and I feel like I was too hasty to break up with her. She was in love with me to the end and I really think she still is, but we had some communication issues and neither of us handled it well.

I didn't feel able to talk to her about the way I was feeling about the relationship until after I had ended it, and then it all came out and I was able to explain why I broke up with her and why it was maybe not the right thing to do.

We met up today and talked about everything for a few hours, and we both agreed that we needed to grow as people and that we shouldn't get back together just because we miss each other, but we're very close and I really value her friendship. I think she will be able to forgive me for breaking up her trust, but I don't know if I can forgive myself for the way I handled things, we just both have some problems that make us not compatible and we need to see if we can work through them and become more mature individual people. 

We decided that it should be okay for us to date other people, and it makes sense, how are we supposed to learn more about being in a relationship if we don't date other people? But for some reason I can't stand the thought of her being with someone else. I think it's because I've never loved someone as much as I loved her, and I'm afraid that someone is going to take her away, even if I deserve it for breaking up with her in the first place. She's beautiful and I feel like she will get scooped up right away, where as I don't feel like anyone else would want me right now.  

Has anyone been in a similar situation? How did it work out? Do you have any words of wisdom to set me straight? It's hard to look at things clearly post-breakup.

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<bot>: My ex girlfriend still want to try to make a relationship work. We both agree that now is not the right time, and that we should see other people, but I can't stand the thought of someone taking her away.