Confused about ex.

Tell him that.

It sounds like the relationship has become a game. Decide what you want and let him know. If he is still playing the game once you are clear about wanting to get back together, then let him go, he is not worth keeping.

Good Luck,
James

Sometimes a guy gives the illusion as if he is moving on and happy in hopes he can get back together. If a girl knew that the guy was always going to be there she could do whatever she wants and go back to him at her conveniance. The feelings linger between the two of you depending on how long you were together and how in love you really were. I think it is really hard to be friends with someone you were so close to and cared so much for. Ask him why he got back in contact with you. Try to be more direct about it and sift through any bs or games he might be playing. He wouldn't be texting you if he wasn't thinking of you.

k, a lot of these suggestions have to do with playing games. Don't play games, he is already doing this and it has become a habit for you both now. Just stop. If he is doing this then that should send some red flags up and why would you want to be with someone that is doing this?
You guys broke up for a reason I'm assuming, you didn't say why but there was some reasons.
I say you move on and forget about this fickle f***er.

keep him in mind, but don't put him at the top of your list. flirt with and go on dates with other guys and hang out wth him occasionally. let HIM contact you. if he's interested, he'll contact you. see if you still have feels for him after you have other guys in the picture. trust me, this comes from experience.

As long as you hang out with him he has nothing to gain by treating you any differently. He will have no motivation to make up his mind. He will just enjoy having you when he feels like it and on his own terms. The only way to even have any chance of something different is to break off all communication. There is a risk there that, of course, you will have a final answer that he just is not that in to you and he won't pursue you. But if you keep doing what you are doing, you will keep getting what you are getting, which is him treating you exactly like this until some girl comes along that proves interesting and a challenge to him.

Hard to get. It always works. Show him that you can live without him. He'll come running back, let him see you talking to other people, not in an interested way, just talking to other guys. He'll be jealous and as soon as he sees that he's not the center of your universe, he'll be the one running back to you. Simple as that.