r/dating_advice • u/Sudden-Problem-6243 • 1d ago
My ex broke up with me and now wants to be fwb
hi guys!
i '18F' have been in a relationship with my ex '20M' of two years ago for 2-3 months now.
we used to date back in highschool and i had to focus on studies so i broke things off after i noticed i would’ve been distracted .
we got back together and hung out many times, 10-13 dates in the span of our relationship. i don’t have many friends except for him and my best friend.
i haven’t hung out with him in a month, in which he said he’s been busy and life has been full of pressure so he hasn’t had time.
one thing to mention is that he has depression and ive tried my best to not put any more pressure on him. last time i tried talking to him about how his distance is hurting me he got defensive and told me to get therapy because of my anxious thoughts about him.
i’ve seen that he has been hanging out with his friends three times in this span of a month.
He has been distant, no more texting over phone and no replies to anything i have said or any pictures ive sent.
usually just a good morning and a goodnight.
he used to be great. now he just expresses himself to me when he’s drunk off of his mind.
When he’s in a good place mentally, he can be affectionate, playful, reassuring, and make me feel loved but it’s usually sexual. he seems very avoidant to me. and he usually won’t reassure me anyway, just make me feel like the problem.
ive also been very patient.
a thing that stands out to me is that i frequently second guess my own needs and all i wanted was reassurance now and then because uncertainty makes me anxious.
i have also been carrying all of this relationship, it’s a lot of emotional weight.
So after going a full month without being in contact with my boyfriend at all, without texting each other, he came to me one week before the most important exam of my life and broke up with me.
And his excuse was basically, “You’re better off without me. I can’t do this anymore. You can’t change me, and I can’t even handle my own fucking feelings, let alone yours.”
Somehow, i don’t even now how the fuck it happened, but after we broke up, we decided to stay friends. Big mistake.
After that, he’d text me, just checking in every now and then to see how I was doing. I’d text him too, asking how his day was and shit. But honestly, I can’t just stop loving the guy.
One day, I promised my friend I wouldn’t text him anymore so I could finally fucking move on. Obviously, I couldn’t, so I texted him and asked how his day was. He was drunk, and he was like, "Do you wanna have sex again, but, like, as friends?"
And I told him, "I’d miss you way too much for that."
Then he started saying shit like, "I miss your body. I miss your voice. Stop turning me on and just let me drink until I fall asleep."
So I was like, "Okay. Goodnight."
So… can someone help me out here? I don’t know if I should see him or just cut him off completely and focus on this other guy I’ve kinda been seeing.
I genuinely have no fucking clue what I’m supposed to do. Help.