Noxxx: To be completely honest here, the actual reason she needs space is completely irrelevant. If a woman needs space in her life, like Tripsis said, nothing is going to put a stop to that that won't make her unhappy. I was in a relationship like that when I was 17 and I handled it very poorly, I was really clingy and texted her a bunch (and, like you, I was told to still do this) but it did nothing to change the situation. I learned a lot from that experience and as I said, the reason a girl wants space from you doesn't matter. She could be lying, she could be telling the truth. The only thing that you can control is yourself. That is the most important thing I have learned in all of my relationship experiences. If she talks to you, be friendly and don't be a jerk (having a woman hate you for a bitter breakup is a bad idea and can dog you more than a amicable--but painful--breakup), but don't call her out of the blue "just to talk." It's totally normal to want to do that, but you know as well as I do that you are perpetuating emotions from your romantic relationship by doing this. Do your best to move on with your own life, take advantage of the space that you now have, and don't let things that are 100% out of your control bring you down. :)