Here I am... in a new spot!! I hope you find me!! I wanted to wait a while before starting a new thread, I was in a bad place in my mind for the first two weeks of school and wanted to wait until I was in a different place before I started a new post.
I have been reflecting a lot about what to do next. It seems like there are two options, but let me know if there are more than two! Option 1 is to continue to wait for him to contact me and give him a chance to reach out. Option 2 is to try to build up more consistent and meaningful communication by reaching out first myself.
They have both worked in different ways... when I had NC for five months he did reach out, and when I didn't respond immediately in June to his efforts to schedule a meeting he really escalated the communication. He has also seemed responsive to my efforts to reach out, though I feel the Overall Vibe from him the past few interactions has been Pulling Back for whatever reason. But maybe the two approaches aren't even that different.
My birthday is Sept 12th, I am wondering if I should wait until after that to reach out to give him a chance to reach out (NO EXPECTATIONS OF COURSE). It hasn't even been two weeks since I emailed him back the recipe he asked for, so I could wait longer to see if he does something...
