my ex says she wants me back but wants to be friends right now

by danny
(PA)

I was dating a girl for 16 months things we were great. i met her 2 summers ago. she lived in pittsburgh at the time with her mom but her dad lived in the same town i did 3 hrs north of pitt.

she was visiting her dad that summer when we met. we met when she got a job where i worked. right away she had a crush on me and we started talking. not long and we were dating.

we were both crazy about each other in no time neether of us had ever felt like that for someone so soon.

we were together 2 months and she moved from pitt to my town to live with her dad to be with me because we loved each other so much. things were great.

she wanted me to get her a promise ring so i did. we were togehter a lot and hated being apart.

we were kind of talking about an engagement. then a lot of stress came in her life and overwelmed her and we started fighting a lot for like a month.

then one night we were on the phone and she said she couldnt take it anymore. she loved me more than anyone but her stress and us fighting was making her unhappy and she said maybe she wanted time and space but was too confused and didnt know anything.

she said she couldnt breakup with me and i said maybe we should because i thought it would help her. so we broke up.

she called me almost every night for two weeks after we broke and a couple times told me she loved me she just needed time.

She said she wanted to stay friends talk a lot and still hangout. she said it is helping her to be alone. she said she wants me but she doesnt want a relationship now because it's helping her to be alone for now.

the last week and a half we talked a couple of times. we went about 4 days i didnt try to contact her and neither did she.

a couple of days ago she texted me out of the blue and we texted back and forward for about half an hr just talking about stuff like what we had been doing the past couple days and just normal talk. at the end of the talk i told her i missed her and she answered with you're my best friend you mean a lot to me and i miss you too.

yesterday for xmas eve i took roses to her house, she answered the door, as soon as she did she grabbed them from me gave me a hug said thank you and merry xmas.

she said she would ask me to stay but she was just getting ready to walk out the door to go to her grandmas.

i said ok we talked a minute then i said im gonna go we hugged again and i left. 2 hrs later she txted me and said thank u for the roses they were beautiful. i responded and her next txt was it was sweet of u and we txted on and off the whole night.

we had good conversations both of the last 2 times we talked and she was more herself each time. today she txted me merry xmas and once again we txted on and off most of the day.

i asked her to see me today or the next day it didnt matter i just wanted to see her and she responded with if im not too busy.

whats ur thoughts on what she might be thinking?what i should do and if it sounds like she might wanna come back with time?