Reply To: “He Wants to Get Back With His Ex”

I think your inclination to distance yourself is the right one, LW. I don’t think he’d be talking to you about his feelings for his ex if he was interested in more than friendship with you. (Also, I don’t fully understand the nature of your work relationship with him, but it’s probably for the best not to mix your romantic and work life.)

Anyway, if you’re upset, that’s okay. It’s sad to lose a crush, getting over someone you were into or a situation you felt hopeful about sucks. If you want/need to cry about it, do that.

One last tidbit is that assuming you signed off as “Forever Alone”… work on that attitude! 🙂 I wish I’d had when I was younger the abundance mindset around dating that I finally found when I got a little bit older.