>>129911If you know he’s going to dump you, you have to dump him first. Paradoxically that’s the only chance you have of getting back together with him, provided you’re able to mentally let him go.
Right now, he associates you with the negative experience he just had plus the burden of having an uncomfortable conversation. Every time he remembers you he feels this pressure, and since he’s a coward that can’t just say what he thinks, he will try to avoid thinking about you to stop stressing.
If you break up with him calmly but firmly, you take away the burdens, and then if he starts thinking about you again he’s more likely to start remembering the good things.
Just make sure to not leave more negative feelings in the breakup convo. Idk what happened during your episode, if you have to apologize for something then do that, but do not have a long heart to heart with someone who’s decided to leave you, even temporarily. Don’t blame him for the break up but don’t blame yourself excessively either, and ideally tell him that you’d like to remain friends and on good terms, and then never actually contact him, or meet him if he wants to hang out. He might want to just check up on you because he’s like, omg I have totally broken her heart (because I’m so awesome) let me see if she has survived - well fuck that. He might be also just reaching out because of residual guilt, fuck that too, once gets over that he will actually be thinking about you with no baggage attached, start remembering all the good times and missing you. So if he eventually starts trying to talk to you casually, always ignore or blow him off, otherwise he will satisfy his curiosity/guilt/whatever and move on. Only give any response if he actually wants to talk seriously or get back together (which there’s a reasonably high chance of if you do all this, but it depends on your previous relationship).
Just remember: it is always better to break it off in this type of situation, because even if he stays with you he already feels like he’s settling/resenting you and you will not be happy, in fact the relationship is guaranteed to get worse. And if you just wait for his decision, you will feel worse and worse every day, because you’re basically giving away control of your life to someone who doesn’t even love you enough, and you’re not respecting yourself. If you break up and he never wants to get
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