Signs Ex Wants You Back? Please Read.

[Algernon]

I think my ex wants me back but he's prolonging the break up.

I called him today and asked him to drop my car off at my apartment to get fixed tomorrow and when I asked him to come in 30 minutes. He asked why and I told him I just got out of shower. "It's nothing I haven't seen before." and then "I don't have to hate your boobs now that we aren't together." And then we started texting and he called me a pet name we used to have.

When he got here he was with my friend and we laughed our butts off for about 15 minutes. My ex asked all kinds of questions because I might be leaving the state, he said he's worried about me and proud of me. He also said I looked really really good since I've lost a bunch of weight and he loves my hair. He hugged me twice, and the second time was more than a hug, liked he still cared about me and he said, "Don't look at me while I hug you, because you know what happens when we do. We kiss."

Before he left I asked my friend to go to the car so I could talk to him alone. I gave my ex my engagement ring and he said, "This isn't mine." I told him I didn't want it. So he took it. I told him "I can't just be friends, It's weird being around you because we both want to be affectionate. I don't want feelings to come up again if you will never get back with me. If you think we can get back together in the future I think I can be friends with you but that's how it is." He said that "nothing was set in stone, he didn't say we wouldn't get back together. He did say he wasn't going anywhere or dating anyone....

What the hell?

[Bibliophile]

Hey,

I think he wants you back, I mean "if you think we can get back together in the future I think I can be friends with you but that's how it is". If he can't be friends without knowing it's a possibility of you two getting back together, it's clear that he does still have feelings for you. He's looking at it in a very black and white way, you either are or aren't together, and I don't think he's ready to let go of you just yet. Also, if he's not going anywhere or dating anyone else, it's almost as though he's just waiting to get you back.

That's just my personal opinion, though. Maybe he's a bit confused at the moment?

Feel free to message me. :]

Take good care.

[Algernon]

Yeah that's the way I feel. He would have told me outright no if there was no chance right? I put my foot down. I don't know where to go from here though... Should I continue to not contact him or would seeing each other actually make him want me more?

[Bibliophile]

Personally I'd say to keep out of contact if you definitely want no further relationship. Don't feel bad for it, at the end of the day he said that he couldn't just be friends with you.

[Algernon]

No... I said that to him, not the other way around. I told him I can't be friends if there isn't a chance of us getting back together in the future. I know feelings will arise. He didn't tell me no he just said the future isn't set in stone.

I want him back. Not as a friend, as my partner again

[alexandrish]

try talking to him again? if you still want to be with him. just plainly say it to him, if both of you really love each other and for some reason you two broke up. those feelings still stay between you. you just need to tell him. when he said future isn't set in stone maybe he can either meant that he still wants you or you will forget him since you said you will leave the state?

[Algernon]

I think he might want me back but not... Right now? I want to try the whole... Don't contact him so he misses me. He's been initiating the contact but hasn't asked to hangout with me.. Why?

[Silhouette]

He may feel a little conflicted about this right now. Because he didn't flat out say "no" when you said you can't be friends unless there is a possibility, and because he was joking about kissing you, it does sound like he may still have some feelings lingering.
Another possibility is he just doesn't want to lose you as a friend, so he is stringing you along a bit.
How long ago did you two break up? Sometimes this awkwardness happens for a little while after a breakup until you finally move on. He could just not know how to act around you now that you aren't together, and he's so used to being affectionate that its all he can really do at this point.
I think for now you should continue to not contact him and just wait and see if he continues to initiate conversations. If he does, then I think it would be best to have a talk with him and find out exactly how he's feeling right now and what he wants.