Hello Sea Monkey! I joined this site just now because I am experiencing the exact same situation as you and I am struggling on how to deal. I understand the concept of doing me while he figures things out. The problem I have I feel I have done all the necessary work on myself after a previous relationship where I had a hard time getting over the relationship. In this relationship I feel like I am left just waiting while he goes through his process and I’m in limbo. We also work together and I struggle with ways of communicating without bringing up our relationship. It all seems very fake to me and I try to live an authentic life. I don’t hate him. I love him. But this let’s be friends stuff and forgetting about and not talking about the things we could talk about just days ago boggles my mind. I am struggling with giving him what he needs and staying true to me. My thoughts are just to drop the charade and pick myself up and move on the best I know how but I don’t want to confuse our situation further. Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas on how to deal with this?