<human>: Hey guys, so a year and a half ago I started dating this wonderful man. We took a break and then actually cut contact in November. We've since started having lunch occasionally and last week we had a conversation about the future of our relationship. I've been in love with him for the past year and have tried to move on to no avail. In this conversation he also said he loved me, which was news to me. The thing is, we broke up because he has a lot of stress in his life right now. He's a founder of a startup that's launching their product in June, he's trying to graduate (also in June) and has some family and financial troubles unrelated to the first two stressors. 

In November, we took a break because he was too stressed and our relationship was just adding to that stress because he felt he wasn't performing up to his own standards. I understood that he was busy and while we didn't get to spend as much time together as I wanted, he still made me very very happy. 

We both want to be together but he has zero time outside of his startup and school so he said we can't be together now but things will get better after their product launch and his graduation. The thing is, I'm spending the summer in Portugal but we will both be in the same city (for the forseeable future) starting in September. 

So, this brings me to my question, do I cut contact and try to forget about him and how much I'm in love with him? Or do I take the summer to have some fun and just be by myself and then leave things open for the fall? Or do I do something completely different? What would you guys say?

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<bot>: SO/ex and I have been together/on a break for 18 mos, we're in love but can't be together because of lack of time. Things should get better before the fall, do I leave that as an option?