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So I was talking to this guy for three months. We recently stopped talking though because he mentioned that he was trying to choose between me and his ex and I told him I would make it easy for him and that I wasn’t really feeling what we had anymore. That was about 2 weeks ago. A few days after that happened, I reached out to him and told him that I wanted to make sure things were cool between us and that there was no bad blood. He told me there wasn’t and that we were still cool. Well over the past few weeks, we’ve still been messaging each other mainly playing iPhone games. We’ve had a few side conversations, but nothing too significant. Well at one point he asked if we could still hang out as friends even tho I’m no longer romantically attracted to him and he also mentioned that he’s happy that I still talk to him. We were messaging tonight and we had been rather cordial all day and then he asked me “have you found my replacement yet?” I asked him why he cared. At first he said “who said that I cared” but then after I asked him why he asked he said “just wanted to know. Maybe I do care.” I responded saying “how’s your ex.” And I told him that he should worry about her not me. Then he responded saying “that he’s only worried about her and that he has no intention on focusing on anyone else.” Then to clarify, he added “let’s make sure we’re on the same page. Just because I asked that question doesn’t mean there’s any intention behind it.” So my question is... why would he ask me that question then. I mean, I understand him just wondering, but... I can’t help but wonder if there actually was an ulterior motive.

So I met this guy back in April and the two of us dated for almost three months. There weren’t any titles, but we texted each other every day, FaceTimed every night and hung out usually like once a week. This past Wednesday, I invited him over to my place to spend the night. During the day, however, he texted me and told me that he couldn’t come over. When I asked him why, he told me that his ex hit him up and that it made him feel “conflicted” and that he didn’t want to do that to me. He ended that message by saying he was sorry. I told him that it was cool and then he thanked me for being understanding. Well later that evening, I messaged him back and said “I’m just going to make this easy for you. I’m not really feeling this thing anymore so don’t even worry about it.” I didn’t like the idea of him choosing between me and his ex. I thought it was disrespectful for me. He read that message and didn’t reply. We haven’t talked since. He’s viewed both of my posts on my Snapchat story that I made and I saw that he posted on his story saying his week has been crazy. I miss having him in my life, though. I at the very least want to be friends. Do you think he misses me too? And do you think I should reach out to him?