Very long story short...my ex and I have been apart for a couple of years, though we still talk and see each other. He texts me every day practically just to say hi or share something about how our dog is doing (we share the dog). He has from time to time said things about how a memory or note made him sad or miss something, or my being over at his house mad him sad. The other day he did it talking about a place we used to live and said he missed it. He then said if it bothers me he would stop, and he didn't know what he was saying. So I told him he should because it only confuses me, and also that I really can't hear things like that unless he wants more. I also told him I understood he doesn't and that is ok (he is the one to call off our engagement). He responded saying he has been confused/comflicted lately too. So he has stopped with the sad stuff and even got a little distant/weird for a few days at first, but is still texting every day. I am ok with things the way they are, I told him a year ago the ball is in his court. I am not one to pine over someone who decided to go as far as saying he wanted to marry me then back out at the last minute. I leave most of the initiations for contact up to him. But just wondering why he was doing that and if I pushed him away by telling him that. I can't tell if he thinks I would never consider getting back together, or if he thinks I would jump at the chance and is freaked out by that, or is stringing me along. We have both been saying how nice it is to be able to talk and enjoy each others company lately.  Before this conversation I had been at his house and he asked me to rub his sore shoulder so we traded, and he gave me a very big hug and after said it made him sad, he also asked me to go out to a show with him last month which was pretty big because our breakup was painful. Any insight on this from anyone?