What do you mean by love language? I have read and re read his e-mail and I am still confused about what he means by.....It's awkward around you but it's just because I am trying to work through my stuff and I don't want to string you along..meaning I don't want to hang out with you and have you think the wrong thing as that will just hurt more.
He's trying to figure out what's missing, and what he needs and he's kind of hedging his bets. 1) Men don't like to be seen as weak, and he's probably feeling kind of weak since he's out of his comfort zone and that makes him vulnerable, which men like even less; 2) if you don't figure out what he needs and give it to him, he's thinking he'll bolt - maybe, though he doesn't want to, or he would have.
The 5 love languages is a book that will help you ID what it is he needs to hear, feel, see, receive, whatever. It's a start. While you're figuring that out, be there for him, but don't be a doormat (pretty standard advice around here )
We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory - we are creatures of our thinking.
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