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Why won't he break it off if he is being so distant?

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KatDubs261 · 10/06/2016 15:00

Seeing a guy for a few months, feel we connect on multiple levels. Chasing me at the beginning, lots of phone calls and texts. Going out on dates regularly.

About a month in, after daily contact, he went on a trip & didn't contact me the whole time. I felt ignored & said I wanted to cool things off & he accepted this, but was cold & hostile about the decision. I admit I was hasty in making this decision and this is unlike me.

The next week, he came around and surprised me by cooking dinner for me. He said he should have been more attentive than he had been & took responsbility for why I had wanted to cool things off. He also said that he was being stressed & a lot had been weighing on his mind about his professional future. I felt like he really opened up and vice versa.

Last week before flying home to visit family, he called me from the airport. I wished him a good trip and almost a week later, had heard nothing. I noticed he is back online upon returning and I don't hear from him the whole day. NEWSFLASH: he is ignoring me.

Meanwhile, I had got him a small gift for his birthday. I told him about it, but said as he had been so distant it seemed he didn't want to go out anymore? He was really happy about the gift & told me how sweet that was. Then he denied wanting to break it off.

So, I asked him to let me know what he wants? That he can be 100% honest with me. This was last night. He's been online a few times since then and he still hasn't responded. He hates confrontation, but talks things through in person. Why won't he just break it off? Why string me along like this?

OP posts:
RedMapleLeaf · 17/06/2016 17:33

I was also going to suggest charity shop, as so many more deserving people will benefit.

2nds · 17/06/2016 17:51

It doesn't actually matter what the gift is, it's a symbol that you are not moving on. He was so pleased that you had bought it was he? Well he's not bothered about it now so don't send it.

Allofaflumble · 19/06/2016 17:41

Do NOT send it. Deep down you are hoping to provoke a response from him. You'll be twisting a knife in a wound that needs to heal.

Toxicity · 19/06/2016 21:27

As a PP said, give it to someone more deserving - the charity shop.

JackandDiane · 19/06/2016 21:34

oh for FUCK SAKE OP
get a grip
He is wasting your time
Men are simple straightforward creatures and if they want to be with you you cannot shake them off
Life does not need to bet htis hard.
STOP NAVEL GAZING and bin him off

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