I was in a relationship with this guy from January to March last year. We never really had a "break up" but the relationship just sort of ended with neither of us acknowledging it. I was always interested in him but I felt like he lost interest so I just let it go. He contacted me a couple of months later to apologize and to see if I wanted to be his friend. He said he wanted to have someone to talk to about things like guys but I wasn't quite over him yet so I told him that we couldn't be friends. I feel like he took that as me saying that I never wanted to talk to him again. We haven't talked in about nine months but I think about him often. I wonder if he thinks about me too. I'm not sure if I should contact him but I kind of wonder how he's doing. I see him around campus and we never talk. Our encounters actually seem really awkward. Like I'll look up and suddenly make unexpected eye contact with him and I just kind of freeze. I usually just say "hey" and all he does is kind of nod at me. Would it be a bad idea to contact him and see how he's doing? I don't want things to be awkward between us but is this normal? Like is it really ever possible to be "friends" with your ex?
I think it's only awkward because you're making it awkward. He said he wanted to be friends, what's so bad about that? I don't think you're over him, and that's why it's awkward. He hasn't done anything. My 0.2$.
