I have a little dilemma I would love some help with, if anyone is willing.
Quick background if you don't feel like reading my lengthy posts: He walked out 7 months ago after 10.5 years together. The 10 months prior to him walking out were spent doing long distance; he left just 4 days after arriving back in my country. We've seen each other only twice since and had around 4 Skype calls. Lately, things have been a little more positive.
So, about five days ago it would have been our 11th anniversary and he wrote me an email where he mentioned it. Recently my emails to him have been friendly and chatty but I have made it a point to not ask any questions so that he is never "forced" to reply. In his email re our anniversary, he wrote this: "Btw, I know what the date is today. I hope this weekend is okay for you, I know it's hard, which it is for me too. I just wanted to say that I didn't forget."
He also wrote something about letting him know about how my job hunt is going, as I am currently unemployed and urgently looking for a job.
My question is this: Should I write back re the anniversary, or should I wait it out until I have something to report re job hunt?
If the anniversary paragraph wasn't mentioned, I would have waited it out easily. But I do feel like it is almost rude to not acknowledge what he wrote about our anniversary.. it is more about being polite than anything.
