So... I'm not even sure where to begin but really hoping that somebody can help me make sense of things .. I've recently come out of relationship .. he left me. We'd been together probably about 8 months and are now 5 weeks post breakup. We met in February neither of us were looking for a relationship at the time it was meant to be a bit of fun, no strings attached type thing. Anyway we got talking on a dating site, soon moved to WhatsApp, arranged to meet about 3 weeks later and when we met it was amazing !! ... we talked all day every day, on the phone ect and within a few weeks neither of us were talking to everyone else. We agreed to take things slow but everything progressed so naturally and easy !! ... he was the first to say he loved me .. told me he was totally hooked on me and he knew that we'd agreed to take it slow but he couldnt help how he felt. He lived 2 hours away from me but he would drive here every Friday after work and stay here until Monday morning then drive back for work. Everything was just so easy and natural and just felt so right. Weve both been through alot in the past and talked so much about past experiences and relationships and he said that I'd made him believe in himself again and in love again. I'd met all his family, he met mine and eventually he met my children and them and him got on great. Everything was going really well. We were always doing things, but even just staying in we would always have a giggle. I felt like found my best friend not just a partner. We talked extensively about the future and made plans. However, he was married in the past and they're relationship was volatile and she had stopped him from seeing his own children and this has hurt him so badly. He was due to see them a couple of months ago and she stopped it at the last minute. After this he became distant with me.. was going fishing instead of work and slipped into depression. This resulted in him ending things with me by a message. He did come and talk to me about it afterwards and said goodbye to my children and when he came to get his stuff he kept telling me he loved me and talked about maybe coming and taking the kids fishing ect in the future. When he left he called his mum crying and when he went back to his mums he told her he needed to stay in his room as he cant hurt anyone there. The problem is since he has gone a few weeks ago he has been really distant like he literally never cared or me and my kids ever existed. He's been liking other womens photos on Facebook ect and where he hasnt cut off communication with me if I message him his answers are very short. I asked him if he believed there was anyway forward and he said he doesnt know but he doesnt know much right now and he just wants to be on his own, work and fish. I just cant get my head around the fact that somebody can go from been so in love with somebody telling me I'm the best thing to happen to him in years to nothing so quickly. When we were together even his mum would message me saying she had never seen him so happy and I'd helped him so much and she believed I was his soulmate. Do I really not mean anything to him anymore ? I miss him so much and I love him deeply and I've been so low since he left as I'm just so confused by it all and can't seem to accept that it's over... has anyone else ever been through similar ? How did it turn out ?