Help me understand something

How can someone go from talking to you every breathing moment, showing interest in your life, updating you on even the small details in theirs, actively going out of their way to tell you about their past - to suddenly stopping communication practically entirely? If I initiated messaging I'm sure he'd respond, so it isn't ghosting, just no drive to communicate anymore.. not like before. We are still and were just friends during the few months this initial phase went on. He said he wouldn't want to rush into anything more rn, as it would be too hard to lose our friendship which was fair enough, but being somewhat tossed away now one extreme to the next, makes me realise that excuse probably wasn't genuine. Any advice appreciated:/

Submitted December 22, 2021 at 12:16AM

How can someone go from talking to you every breathing moment, showing interest in your life, updating you on even the small details in theirs, actively going out of their way to tell you about their past - to suddenly stopping communication practically entirely? If I initiated messaging I'm sure he'd respond, so it isn't ghosting, just no drive to communicate anymore.. not like before. We are still and were just friends during the few months this initial phase went on. He said he wouldn't want to rush into anything more rn, as it would be too hard to lose our friendship which was fair enough, but being somewhat tossed away now one extreme to the next, makes me realise that excuse probably wasn't genuine. Any advice appreciated:/