BFF? Really?

So after a break up I try to still remain friends. No not right after but eventually. I've never cheated on an ex but sometimes my attitude is the cause for the breakup. Whatever the reason I try to maintain that friendship, that we had before the relationship started. I have an ex from Baltimore who we've remained friends since the breakup. We met while in high school, dated briefly before I moved to NYC but went back to being friends. We ran into each other one weekend while I was in Bmore and started talking again. By this time I was twenty I believe so we decided to give a relationship another try since we were older and supposedly more mature. I was still living in NYC and he was in Bmore but we were only four hours away from each other. So things were going smoothly but then I found out he cheated.

Of course it hurt me so I changed all my numbers so he couldn't get in contact with me and started to move on. I believe a year later he found me on Black planet so we slowly became friends again. I was now dating someone and was in the process of moving in with him but upon hearing that he stopped calling. I'll say towards the end of that relationship my ex from Bmore & I started speaking again but he was no in a relationship. We have a lot of history between us (A LOT)however, how could I start a relationship with him again when the situation is still the same? I still live in NYC and he still live in Bmore, and neither one of us have any plans of changing that. Obviously he loves me and I him but I think remaining friends is the best decision for the both of us. Just because you love someone doesn't always mean you two are supposed to be romantically together. However I cant predict the future and anything is possible.

-Tristan Jonez