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Recently my ex and I got into contact. At first she was pretty flirty and was really happy we reconnected.

I took it as a sign she still had feelings, so I asked her if we could try to rebuild our relationship and she said no because of some things I said during our breakup. She said later she lost interest in me. I told her that I didn't want to be friends and it'd be too difficult. She said she understood.

I sent her a message explaining why I said what I did during the breakup, and asked for her to reconsider and she could reach me if she changed her mind.

She '❤️' the message. But said nothing. It's been a week. My friends say she's been giving off mixed signals and she probably doesn't know what she wants and is scared. But she also never took ownership of what she did in our relationship either.

She had started following my social media accounts when we got back together, and she is still following them. Liking posts, and watching my stories.

My friends say that's a good sign, and she may just need time to process what I said and sort out what she wants.

What do you think?

I have had two relationships in my life upon which I periodically reflect and wonder what might have happened if I had tried harder. One relationship happened in 1980. It was a co-worker who I started dating and I really liked her, saw no warning signs or red flags, and we were very compatible, but the circumstances in my life led me to moving from Tampa back to Jacksonville. I should have tried to keep it alive over the distance but I didn't and I have heard from her in decades.

The other was an online acquaintance that could have blossomed into something more but there was a great distance between us. We talked for months and she impressed me as being a great woman and she undoubtedly would be a very loyal partner. I was willing to travel to meet her and then the pandemic hit us and there were travel bans imposed. The idea of waiting indefinitely overwhelmed me and I met someone locally who really wasn't a great match but she was here, a real flesh-and-blood woman who I could spend time with right now. And she was horribly hurt that I wasn't willing to wait for her. . . totally understandable.

The strange part is that they both have the same first name. And they had some of the same physical features.

That's my story; what's yours? [Please don't respond to tell me that no relationship is a failure if you learned lessons from the experience. I understand that but I still think of my exes as failed relationships.]