well, yes he did take all the pictures down and went really out of his way to be nice to me even when i told him i needed space and didn't know if this was something i wanted. i broke things off and he convinced me to try again. but it was almost like the reaction he had was so extreme that i didn't believe all of it. maybe it's less about me and more about him being left with no one? now that we've been seeing eachother again, he's the one being very distant. i don't think he's been seeing the ex, but i'm sure it's because she's angry and i don't know if it's permanent. i sent him a note saying i'd like to be able to start fresh and i wont be a jerk anymore but i need to be convinced that there isn't a part of him that's holding out hoping to get back with his ex. and for me that's the bottom line. i want to trust what he says and hope that he is able to tell me the truth w/o being extreme and over the top. i know it takes time to get over long relationships. i've been divorced too. there's a part of me that just doesn't buy it.