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He and I had feelings but turned me down citing his complicated relationship. I could tell he wanted out and something was off about the relationship. Anyways, so I stepped back and created this cold distance between us.
Fast forward 8 months, he has broken up with her and is single. He had started showing interest in me few weeks ago but I didn’t know that he is single so I didn’t give him any response.
He flirted when it was just two of us but ignored me totally when people outside of our core friends group were present. I found that strange so I stopped talking to him and he tried hard for a month by acting very nice to convince me to talk to him again.

I can tell he is interested in me but isn’t making a move. I want to tell him that my cold behaviour was simply a response to his behaviour. I’m confused if I should also tell him that if he is interested now that he is single then we can get to know each other.
Because of our history, Im scared to say anything about interest now and don’t want to embarrass myself. I have read that a man pursues a relationship when he thinks it’s his idea. Should I wait for him as he is still interested?
please suggest me what is right thing to do. Thank you!

He moved on right away, this girl looks like a less hotter version of me. She’s his type, but not enough to make me scared that I could lose him forever.
recently he started to be nicer to me. We talked on the phone for 1hr. he's late or ditches work to talk to me. He said he still loves me and that it won’t ever change. He did mention us getting back together a couple times but I’m just not sure if he means it
I took seeing him with another girl very hard because he lied to me about it when I asked him. I wanted to die and he knew this.
Im doing better now & he sees how happy and confident I am again. I told him I can’t imagine my holidays without him & that I forgive him and still love him & want to apologize for hurting him. he said he loved me back.
I do want him back but if we do get back together, we need lots of changes. should just completely forget him?
Background info
-two years and both still loved each other at the end
I broke up with my ex 3 months before he officially moved on from me. We were still acting like a couple but didn't have the label. He normally wouldn't stick around &try to be with a girl after she hurt him, but he did with me.
During the process of us dating while we were broken up, I hurt him twice pretty bad. I was honest with him about it. The goal was to create better habits, see if we had a future together & to get back together.
He was okay with this, or rather he was acting like he was okay with it until the very end.
We were very in love, we had our issues such as him being really far behind career wise, unmotivated, living with his parents & being needy
through dating other men, the love & to connection we had was something I would choose over money or success.
I’m 21, about to have an associates degree by early next year, he is 25 and still working with children, has No work experience elsewhere.