What does it mean when ex’s say they want to move on but their actions say otherwise?

Anonymous
So my ex and I have been broken up for over a year now but we have been back and forth with each other since. We talk daily, hang out go on dates and have sex very often. We basically still act like a couple. Only confusing thing is she always tends to bring up that we need to move on from each other but when I go distant she reaches out to me and the cycle continues. I have made it clear I want the relationship back but also will not beg for it. She gets jealous when I talk to other women or go on dates and when I show any sign of moving on she will claw her way back in. She has also been on dates but as of now we have both remained sexually exclusive to each other. Well I just want to know why she says one thing but clearly she is the one who cannot let me go. Why doesn’t she just move on if that’s really what she wants? I don’t get it. I know some people may say that she is just using me until she finds someone but if that were the case why be the one to say we need to end things and move on from each but still stick around?
What does it mean when ex’s say they want to move on but their actions say otherwise?
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