That first one fits exactly why I've been hesitating on ending things myself.

After I finished that last post I went and sent him my final message. I basically told him that I wasnt sure what his continued silence meant and that I still wanted to be friends but if he didnt reply to me before he went to sleep for the night I considered the friendship over and was removing him. He said something, to my surprise. Told me that he wasnt sure where to begin with what he needed to talk about and when I said he had to start somewhere and that I didnt know what him prolonging things was doing for him he said he didnt either. He then said that hes been really stressed out for the past week or so and hasnt been able to really focus on anything. Despite being angry at that because I knew where this was going to end up I told him that I was willing to talk about whatever crisis was going on if he needed to vent. I also said that if he needed more space that that was something I could do for him but he needed to give me a timeframe and at the end of it we needed to talk about whatever I did to set him off. He said he couldnt give me a timeframe.

I told him that if this whole thing has anything to do with me that I see no reason why it couldnt be said now and he said it was really late and that he didnt want to drag it out (it was 4:30am at the time so its understandable). He also said that he wasnt exactly sure what was wrong.At that point I got upset and told him that he needed to think it over and tell me about it whenever he figures his feelings out, but that I wasnt going to wait forever.

I'm not sure what I've done to myself here. I'm ecstatic (more than I care to admit) that he still wants to be friends, but I know him and I know I could be in this for the long haul.