Hi nea4,

When we first meet someone, there is always a grace period people spend to get to know each other in order to define the relationship. The thing is, after 5 months, plenty of signals from your end and he is still not sure, there is not much you can do to make it work. Even if it makes it to the relationship stage, can you really see yourself dating someone who requires constant reassurance to stay interested?

In my own experience, there is not much point in second guessing why the person behaved this way because there can be a million reasons ranging from not being hug enough as a child to something more sinister. The more time you spend analysing the other person, the more you think about them which makes it harder to make a break for it. Instead focus on something in your own life such as friends, hobbies, studies and minimise the contact you have with the other person and with time, it will eventually get easier.