Good luck with that, but I doubt it. Secretly, he was probably crushed to find out the woman he loves so much doesn't feel the same way about him. He just didn't show it.

Whenever a woman has told he she needed her space it usually meant the relationship was over. I was in a similar situation with a girl I deeply loved and had dated on and off for years, but eventually told me I was "too nice".

I never could figure out what that meant, but maybe I was too needy, and she just didn't feel the same way. The last time we broke up I finally told her we couldn't be friends anymore and cut all contact with her for my own sake.

If you drag it out or string him along chances are he'll pull away, leaving you with nothing.