Leah, this is a very frustrating situation, but it doesn't seem to me like you are ready to give up on the MR. I think you need to stop saying things aimed to push him away (like putting it off until the fall). I think he is fearful and tentative and these statements have a greater impact on him than they would on most. You said yourself you need to look in his face. I think you need to detach from the idea that he will come at any particular time, lose any expectation that he will follow through, and just accept that you will never know when until he is standing in front of your face.
You were really GALing in the beginning before he started his talk about when he was coming. How can you get back to it? How would you feel if instead of saying I'm coming in two weeks, he was saying I will file in two weeks. That is what lots of us get. Although this is frustrating, it still suggests that he is trying to find his way back to you.
