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I am looking for advice regarding my exboyfriend. We dated for 5 and a half years before he drunkenly broke up with me one night after we had been looking at apartments to move into. We taught in Korea for a year and traveled SE Asia for a year and a half of our relationship. There was no warning for the breakup. I suspect that he got scared about long term commitment and moving out, but he stated that it was because he did not see a future with me.

After about 2 months of being broken up, we decided to become friends... which quickly turned into friends with benefits. This has been happening for the past six months. Last month he told me that he didn't know if he wanted to try to be with me or if he should wait to see if he would find someone else... that being with me would be "easy" because he knows me so well. He refuses to say what we are and I want input about whether or not I should just give up and believe that we will never be together in that way again.

He is my best friend, so of course this hurts, but I don't know if I am wasting my time hoping that he will come around. Thanks
<bot>: Basically I have been seeing an ex and want to know if I should wait for him to make a decision about dating me