Me and my girlfriend of 3 years broke up a week ago we started dating when she was 16 and i was 17. We get along perfectly except for hicups now and then, we broke up because we decided that she was to dependent on me for everything. she had no friends sport or nothing apart from me and her family and university. Im also not ready to commit to a long term relationship because the only person i had ever had sexual relations with has been her and i want to go out and experience all that other stuff not just with one person my whole life, i feel if i dont it will be in the back of my mind my whole life. i said to her i wanna stay close and dont wanna lose contact with her because i do really like being with her and we get along so well but she need to mature a bit more and be independent of me. what im asking is it is right for me keeping her close to me in case we are ready to commit to each other for the long term or will this do more harm than good?
thanks