You are the one in love; The other is not in love with you. The other wants to hang onto you for other reasons, whatever those might be. This is why the other wants to, hopes to continue as FRIENDS. This CANNOT happen. You need complete space to grieve and pack away this love affair. You cannot have contact with the other in the “friend” context without it dismantling you at each encounter. Will you ever be friends in the future? Tough to say. Let’s face it. What you are feeling for this person is so much more powerful and deep than friendship that the comparison is faint and really, virtually offensive. Friendship is irrelevant at this point; you must fix yourself or you will be injured and useless as a friend to anyone for the rest of your life. NO! (to just friends…)