Hi Pink, Maybe one way to look at this is to see the decision of dropping the rope as not being etched in stone.
I read on some other blogs that dropping the rope could also mean that your X has just been returned to a pool of potential ppl that you may date. But you are no longer putting your life on hold for him.
I can only imagine how hard it is for you when your X says that he still loves you. My X will not hesitate to say that he doesn't love me, and even then, it is hard to let go because I still see the positive in him, and what I thought were signs that he's trying.
You can call me Dory/ Grl.
As a wise fish once sang,"Just keep swimming!"
It's no use to go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.