I already know this is gonna be a LONG one so, tl;dr will be below. Just for context: My boyfriend and I dated for 4 years, broke up and are now back together 7 years later (made it official again Feb of this year). We never really lost touch, we always had a (somewhat) stable ex dynamic because we remained friends. At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, we lived on different islands. We ended up reconnecting since I had to come back home to stay with my parents. We were texting a TON before I came home, though. Once quarantine and other restrictions were lifted we started hanging out again and fell into a fwb thing. Eventually, feelings welled up and there were talks of trying again with us. Longgggggggg story short (because so much happened): pettiness, jealousy, and pride fucked it up, it didn't happen and we cut communication. A year later (2021) we started speaking again, and now in 2022 we're back together. My boyfriend is such a different person when texting vs whe...