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my ex (M26) and i (F21) have been in no contact for about 6 days. i was doing as well as i could’ve been for 6 days when he broke nc yesterday to ask me if i had recovered from my sickness that i caught a week ago which i told him about. he apologised for breaking nc and said he’s been wondering if i was feeling better but was worried to text…im just wondering if this is an “in” for him to come back? or is he just trying to tie up loose ends and move on completely? we had the shortest convo of me being like “i’m okay” and him being like “i’m relieved to hear that” so i’m just kinda confused on his intention? wanted to get a neutral third party opinion on this bc is this him kinda reopening the door? or am i reading too much into it?

hi! is anyone attending the summer program this year? the july - august program! i’d love to make some friends

i’ve (F21) been in a long distance talking stage with him (M26) for about a year and tbh things were very messy at the start. he just got out of a long term relationship (4-5 years) less than a month before talking to me and he was living and is now still working with her. for the entire time we talked i always found it uncomfortable that he was still in good terms with his ex and he stated it was just a boundary of his that i had to accept (bc they were friends previously and they work tgt). ive always been nervous that he moved on too fast but he reassured me he is completely over her romantically. we recently met up irl and everything like chemistry and comparability was perfect but he had a lot of trauma about hurting me if we got into a relationship and he said he hasn’t had time to heal from his past actions. he said he wasn’t ready for a relationship because of that and that he needs to keep working on himself and so we broke up after the trip. is he still hung up on his ex? is there a chance he could come back to me after he feels ready? i know most people say it’s that they’re just not ready for a relationship with you but i can tell he really wanted it and we like each other but he’s so scared it’s preventing him from doing it. we’ve tried many times to end things but we always keep coming back to each other and we had a really hard time parting ways irl (many many tears were shed)