<human>: My ex-partner (24m) and I (25f) broke up 4 months ago after 6.5 years together. I thought we had become too different and that he no longer really loved me anymore, that the relationship had become hollow. I made the terrible mistake of rebounding with a friend afterward and have now ceased contact with that person. My ex-partner has been living overseas and during that time seems to have changed radically. He was very depressed and angry before we broke up and there was a lot if inequality in our relationship but he seems to have worked hard to lift himself out of that state. He has become the person I originally fell in love with. So we have managed to reconnect since his return. He is going back overseas in a few weeks and I will be meeting up with him there during my own travels. After that we will be apart for a while.  
We are not back together in any official capacity. He is a free man and doesn't owe me any kind of fidelity. I don't feel that he should either. I hurt him terribly and genuinely believe he should be able to enjoy new experiences. I honestly just want him to be happy and believe that both of us need the freedom to grow individually.  
But I can't help but wonder about the future. Is there anyway to really ever come back from something like this? We both love each other and he has been amazingly forgiving. But obviously there are some trust issues. And even if we fully learn to trust each other again our families/friends are much less forgiving. Any advice?

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<bot>: reconnected with ex-partner but wonder if we stand any hope of lasting in the future. Families and friends are wary of each other.