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[Jlh]

This man is impossible. He normally comes over now for an hour or so almost every night to say goodnight to our son after work and then talks to me for a little bit before he sounds melancholy saying he'll "be in touch" or "see me around" not his typical goodbyes at all. The last two weekends he hung out with us on family outings and took our son out this weekend.

This morning he comes over and tells me excitedly all about a show he knew I'd be interested in and I thought about it all day and then ask him later on if he'd want to see the show with me only to have him get kind of quiet and tell me that he can't and thanks me anyway. I just don't get it at all. He seems to want attention from me and then when I try to reach out he pulls back. One night this week, I had stayed in a separate room doing laundry and cleaning and didn't really give him the time of day when he left for the night and he sounded a little confused and sad at the door when he left. I can't handle it right now.

I just don't know what to do, it's so hard to avoid him right now when we have a kid together. Is this all part of that stupid pursue/distance thing I keep reading about or is he just a royal MLC a-hole?