Sam,

Thank you for your advice 🙂 You’re right I do have hope that it’ll work out and it’s killing me because I know I can’t move on and work on what I need to work on personally unless I do let go of it. I sometimes feel like he really just doesn’t want to let go of the possibility and that’s why he reached out on my birthday. But I know I can’t hope for the possibility and move on, like he seems to be doing, and that’s not good for me. I am filled with insecurity and self doubt, this is true. I need to deal with these issues, and I can’t do that while I obsess over this situation day after day. It feels better today than it did when this first started, so I guess on some level I know it will get better 🙂 Thank you for your encouraging words! (And welcome, by the way! I’m also new to this forum but I really like the community. I hope you find it helpful.)