Okay, so I started college a month and a half ago, and about 3 weeks ago I was having a really horrible morning and this guy (ill call him E) looked at me then looked down and gave a huge open smile, I fell immediately. So the week after I was walking to the bathroom and he let out the loudest sigh and then after class he actually came up and talked to me, he laughed and smiled at my dumb jokes and he always kept eye contact with me and then he did the thing where he acted like he didn't hear me and leaned in closer and said "hmm?" Still keeping eye contact the whole time, then the next week our eye contact was strong and we were smiling at eachother the whole class. But the previous two times he purposely avoided eye contact, looking at the ceiling and not talking to me after class besides "see you on Thursday" he said this with his back turned to me. And then yesterday I explained at the end of class some personal problems with the teacher and he overheard an

Me and my (ex) bf was dating for around 2 months and recently he told me he wanted us to take a step back from a “relationship”. He said he still liked me a lot but at the moment he feels like he needs more time and space for himself and be on his own and spends time for self development that he cannot fully involve in “dating” with anyone anymore. I totally understand and thought it was reasonable and acceptable if he thinks being in a relationship requires a lot of responsibilities which he cannot handle at the moment. I can’t force someone to date me any way. Despite the decision to take a break from dating, we both talked things through and agreed that we still had feelings for each other so we wouldn’t stop caring for each other and still wanted to keep each other in our lives by staying friends (more than normal friends). Yet, things feel very off recently with communication between us. It takes him so long just to check my messages. Of course I didn’t expect him, who is no long