What does it mean if my ex girlfriend wants to be friends but both of us stay single?

[Anonymous]

We broke up a few months ago. She has come back to me saying she misses me several times but things just didn't work out for us. Now she wants to be friends, which is fine with me, but when I'm dating someone she gets mad and it's like she doesn't wanna be friends then. Her bestie keeps in contact with me and told me she wants us to be friends but with me not having a girlfriend. What tf? She hasn't tried dating anyone lately either. When we first broke up she went through a lot of rebounds.

I don't get why she has her bestie keep up with me and won't talk to me as a friend when I have a girlfriend yet she says she wants to be friends? Wtf does this mean

[fridge0]

cut her out of your life, she just wants you as backup in case she can't find herself another guy. she likes knowing that you're a constant safe option if things don't work out

[jahaims]

She wants to fuck other dudes and have you as a back up when she wants to settle down if whoring around doesn't find her a higher value partner.

[Billlewis]

She wants to see what else is out there.

[Asker]

Then why worry about me? Why beg me to be friends with her? Just let me be.

[Billlewis]

Because she wants to keep you as a backup. Women do this all the time.