I’ve been seeing a newly divorced man around three months and we’ve got on great. He lost his job earlier this year and as a result is struggling to pay his bills and his mortgage resulting in debt collectors chasing him up. The last few weeks he’s been totally stressed and panicked over his situation and has shut me out. He has talked about it saying he feels less of a man and embarrassed so he’s avoiding seeing me until he feels better about himself.
We still talk but he seems very distant/not himself and I haven’t seen him for nearly two weeks despite me trying. I was due to go over this evening but he’s cancelled saying his daughter is poorly. He doesn’t want to end things he says and just needs to sort himself out.
I don’t know how to help. I want to give his space but I don’t want to lose touch, I miss him so much.