Hi Connie,

We can give you all the advice and assumptions in the world, but the truth is: we don’t know this man. Only you do, and only you know what is best. We can’t make the assumption, that he is “punishing you” manipulating you” “a bad guy” “a good guy” “someone struggling or suffering” based on our understanding of an e-mail of someone we don’t know. These are only “assumptions” about him, not based on truth, evidence or facts.

What I feel you need is some type of closure, or you will only be “guessing” such as your title thread “his silent treatment is driving me crazy”. This will continue to keep you perplexed until you can actually talk to him in some way. He did try to reach out by sending you an “I miss you” e-mail. Maybe that was the best he could do, to let you know he still cares. We can’t assume he is manipulating because of an “I miss you” e-mail. You will most likely continue to drive your self crazy and ruminate until closure is found, and the only way, is to stop guessing, and just have a talk with him. If he says “it’s over” it will hurt like heck, but at least you will know “things are over” so you can move on. Feel free to share your thoughts.