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		<title>Why do men give mixed signals?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting question I received from a reader, whose long-term boyfriend broke up with her without giving any clear signals beforehand:
I have a quick question:
I was going out with a guy for 2 years. He broke up with me last August-almost 2 years to the day that we started going out. He said his [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting question I received from a reader, whose long-term boyfriend broke up with her without giving any clear signals beforehand:</p>
<blockquote><p>I have a quick question:<br />
I was going out with a guy for 2 years. He broke up with me last August-almost 2 years to the day that we started going out. He said his feelings changed and he wasn’t sure about us anymore. However a month or so previous to this he had spoken about moving in together. We hadn’t been fighting and as far as i thought everything was going great.<br />
My question is why do men give mixed signals? When he says he isn’t sure or 100% about us anymore is that code for he just fell outta love with me and i can expect that it’s over for good?<br />
I know most of the time men are pretty black and white about things so any advice would be appreciated!</p></blockquote>
<p>The answer is simpler than you might think. When men give mixed signals, it&#8217;s usually because they have conflicting feelings.</p>
<p>In your case, it&#8217;s a possibility that he simply fell out of love. While painful, it happens in many relationships, and it&#8217;s probably better to find out now, instead of after a few years of living together. However, what I think is far more likely is that what really changed were his thoughts about the future, rather than his feelings about you.</p>
<p>You mentioned that he brought up the subject of moving in together just a month before breaking up with you. To me, that strongly suggests his reason for breaking up was a sudden fear of commitment, rather than a change in his feelings about you. By considering moving in together, he forced himself to take a look at the relationship, and question whether you&#8217;re the person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.</p>
<p>Chances are that he didn&#8217;t exactly fall out of love with you. Instead, he decided that he wasn&#8217;t ready for serious commitment yet, and even though he enjoyed being with you, he wanted to know what else was out there. It&#8217;s not unlikely that he&#8217;s already regretting his decision or will regret it in the future.</p>
<p>Still, don&#8217;t wait for him to come back. Putting your life on hold for him does not make it any more likely that you&#8217;ll get back together, and will definitely make this an even harder time for you than it already is.</p>
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