My Boyfriend Decided To Turn Straight, Is He Trying To Get Rid Of Me Or Can This Really Be His Way Of Coping?

He confessed his love to me profusely, but since we live far from each other (adjacent countries) he said he can’t handle the distance and he won’t be with another man so he wants us to be “special friends” (he defines that as doing everything lovers do but without calling it love) and he will look for a woman. I see him online in a gay dating site everyday, where is he gonna get a woman there?
What should I do?