Thank you for your honesty - I appreciate it greatly right now. I know I'll never stop holding out hope that he'll come back to me. Suppose I stop contacting him and a couple months go by. Is this one of those things that I strike up a conversation out of the blue to see how he's doing? I know all this sounds pathetic but I really, truly do want to explore the possibility of seeing him again someday. I just don't know how to proceed from here...

Also, if he does contact me, do you think it would be wise to just open up and share these things with him? Or just grin and bear it hoping to decipher his true feelings for me without cornering him into a "what are we?" conversation?