He was my best friend in high school and several years after, until we lost contact because life gets in the way. I ended up finding him again 6 months ago and it was like no time had passed (its been 13 years). He wanted to text everyday. It was a continuous talk and when i would try to end the convo he was always asking if i was trying to disappear on him again.. He ended up admitting to me he had always wanted me and I was the one who got away but he never told me how he felt back then because he thought i was too good for him. I admitted that he was the one that got away for me too. He said that I only got away for now. He even told me he loved me which he later said he didn't mean and that he was just excited in the moment because we found each other again. We are both married neither of us have any intentions of leaving our marriages. I love my husband more than anything. He started flirting with me and after a bit we said it was wrong and we were just really good friends. But now he hardly talks to me at all and when he does it just seems to be the bare minimum effort after him having told me that he was happy that i was back in his life and we would be friends for life. We live half a country apart. He is in Cali in the air force and I'm in Minnesota. Did he pull away because of his old feelings? Did he pull away because he lost interest in being friends? Did he pull away because he is afraid of what he will do to his wife? Which I completely understand if he pulled away for that reason. And I would never cross those lines. Do I just watch him walk away again or do I try to keep my friendship?
Guys, a friend told me I was the one who got away. I told him the same for me too. now he seems to have pulled away from the friendship. why?
