"However, if we're able to set some ground rules during that time (ex- no dating others), maybe I'm ok with the continued time apart?? "
That's not going to work. Unfortunately, she's going to do what she wants to do even if it includes dating. You are going to have to take that into consideration to see if that's a deal breaker.
It never did seem like her heart was into the C because you were driving everything. She never got a chance to work on herself.
But don't despair. She never said that she didn't want you which is actually a good sign. What are you willing to tolerate?
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.