PS. I think it's hard to tell if he is drawing back or not because contact is already so infrequent and in the past few months there are times when it took him weeks to return a phone call...?? We talked last mon, then again this monday, I emailed him tues to follow up with schools for his brother, no response, texted him tues, he responded by emailing me.

Does that mean... he is stepping back because he responded to only 1 of my 2 contacts? Or, is he returning in kind because his email was as long as the 2 contacts combined? So... if I called him tonight to leave a quick message and he got freaked out ("why is T contacting me for the... third time this week?") he might just... disappear???

*scratches head and then rubs chin pensively*