I've been seeing this guy for 6 months longish distance... Well yesterday I called him because he just stopped putting in the same effort. I live with my parents and he has his own place so I drive an hr to see him during the weekends and we added a day of the week into that. I call him on the phone every night and we both message through the day. Well he stopped sending good morning texts and telling me he cared about me. And within a week our hours of talking on the phone turned to 7 to 10 minutes... I called him and said we should spend some time apart and break up, it's not that I wanted too it just seemed like he wasn't in it anymore. He validated my feelings and expressed that maybe that was for the best and he's got a lot of things on his plate with work and his kids right now but thinks a break would be better because he only wants me and has strong feelings for me. Today he kept messaging me saying basically the same stuff but worded different a few times. And he doesn't know how to fix it. So I again explained my stance it's not that he's a bad guy, he is amazing when we're face to face but he seems to busy and isn't putting me as a priority as I am him. I work as an er nurse, am military, and a single mom and I made the time and just because our stress and responsibilities are different doesn't make any less than the others. He just kept agreeing and asking what he could do. I wrote it off as all words especially after the explanation of why he likes some of the things about me. I informed him that it's a thing he needs to figure out alone because as of now I'm not with him and he needs to look in and decide if this is something he wants or not because I feel in the way and not important enough to stay... What do I do? I'm torn here. Do I just continue to move forward? Is this a play to see if the grass is greener and not burn bridges so he can circle back? Do I let him think it out and if he continues to use words do I demand actions before reuniting?
What do I do? Long distance relationship disappointments or a bump?
