im in love with my boyfriend just broke up its because hes going

I am 16 1/2 ill be 17 in october my boyfriend just turned 18 june 29th. My boyfriend and I love eachother so much or so I though. I am completely in love with him I suriously thought he could be “the one” and I know im to young to even be thinking that way but yea. my family loves him friends everything it couldnt be any better. I know he felt the same about me. then he hit 18 and he started acting really strang at first he was scared he needed to figure out what hes going to do wiht his life. so I gave him his room and we broke up for 2 days and he came back to me and realized he loves me to much to let go. and so weve been fine sence then untill saturday I let him go to a club im to young to go so I couldnt exactly go along so he went out with his guys and went to a club. he came back on sunday he wouldnt look at me, touch me, or talk. I knew sumthing was wrong. I asked and he said he was just tired I went home after seeing him that day. he called me 3 hours later and said im coming to pick you up so we hung out we were fine. then he went back how he was earlier that day I asked again whats wrong he said I dont know im sorry. and threw out that night he kinda avoided me I tried not to let it bother me then he went and spent the night at a friends I went home and that morning he came online and I talked to him and I asked again what was wrong and he said just a bad day. (that was a sunday) then he left never heard a word. so I desided sence our 7th month was thursday(today :( ) I made a memory book for him to have with pictures and inside jokes and letters we wrote to eachother about how much we loved eachother. I never saw him monday either didnt even hear a word. then tuesday I went to church because he was there. he saw me and completely avoided me still walked right passed me. his best friend and his best friends girlfriend whitch I now am close with from that sunday we all were hanging out they came to me and said lets go on a walk. and so I went and I said bobby( his best friend) suriously what is going on here? he told me everything

it wasnt a suprise I was prepared for the worst. what happend was saturday night he went to the club met a girl that looked and acted just like me she reminded him of me completely except she is 19 years old and lives on her own. nothing happend except they danced tlaked he bought her a water and the girl asked him if he wanted to go ot another club with her and he siad no because he had to go home. but she gave him her number and they made plans to hang out at her place on saturday for the weekend with a group of his guy friends. so by now I know it all from his friend. he came out when they were telling me and he still avoided me. the guys talked and I talked with the guys girlfriend. and acationally bobby would come back and tell me more.I then later after my boyfriend left I went and hung out with him best friend an girlfriend to get more info. they said hes 18 your 16 almost 17 age shouldnt matter but 18 opens a lot more things to life and hes confused if being with me is real love or this girl at the club could be real to. or sumthing they said a lot. I talked to him today he told me everything and dumped me I saved the whole convorsation. I asked him if everything we had was all just a bunch of bull shit he said no he doesnt know what happend really but that hes 18 and if he wanted he could get married. and he needs to be thinking about finding a girl he can be with for the rest of his life. it broke my heart when he said that because I thought we both were that. but he met this girl and shes old enough for all that stuff and he cna move in with her if he hooks up with this girl. but I stil yet have all these questions that are left unanswered why have a girl like me if he doesnt want to be with me? she will only remind him of me. but shes older yea thats bonus. and more questions also but I wont go to much into it. I guess I just dont understand because he told me once that age wasnt the problem and now he met sumone like me but older and now all of a sudden is a issue. I asked him if hes been thinking about all this before and he said not really a little but I met her and it made my decision. he doesnt like her like that or love her he said but shes just a girl in his life now. I told him how I felt and that him dumping me was fine but I will never give up and ill be here waiting when if changes his mind and he said what you need to do is run away from me. does that mean he loves me he wants me to run away so he can really see that its real? im just so lost. I know its hard that im younger but nothing stoped us from seeing eachother. I just really dont know I really REALLY need feedback. so please someone help me out here if youve ever been in love with a guy thats going throught the whole im 18 and theres more out there stage. PLEASE HELP. thank you

shalee