Hi, I have a friend who, over the years I've become very close to. We are more than just friends, meaning that, we are both very very attracted to one another, have admitted our hearts fluttering when we see one another, our faces & eyes light up and we always look forward to seeing one another. I needed distance as due to the fact we're both not in the place to be together (though we've admitted we would be if things were different/we wasn't both in commited relationships/married) & I was struggling with this so completely got him out of my life, i.e, told him I was done with him, that I wanted to close 'the chapter' & deleted him from fb. I recently (after over a yr apart), invited him to a special event & he got back, making it very obvious he was happy to hear from me, has missed me & couldn't wait to see me again. Just before I distanced myelf, I told him via text & when v drunk that I loved him. He replied with many strings of texts between us, in which he said:
"I would like to be with you but I'm not in that place"
"You deserve someone who knows how lucky they are to have you & can show you every day"
"Anyone would be very lucky to get anywhere near you"
"I really do care & feel a lot for you"
My therapists feels he has very strong feelings for me but is not prepared to do anything about them due to how complicated things are.
Any thoughts on what might be going on for him much appreciated