You asked, so I’m speculating wildly. I like to do that. The less information, the better. I can be completely unbiased about this since I know nothing.
He does want you back. Unfortunately, he doesn’t think he deserves you. You are 22 years younger, for one thing. You deserve someone who can spend the rest of their life with you. Also, he will surely fuck it up. He messed up his marriage and he still hasn’t figured that one out. And he’s 60. His time has gone by. There’s no more love for him now.
Of course, there you are. Smart, and sexy and still available. That’s killing him. He wants to be the one to peel you out of that dress. But he’s voluntarily given you up. Hmm. He wonders if you still want him. But he can’t say that. He can hint and maybe you’ll say something, but he has too much pride to get down on his knees for you.
And besides, if you ask him, maybe he’ll get to reject you all over again. He can be an idiot twice.
Do you want my advice? Well, you’ll get it, anyway.
Reach out to him. Tell him that you still want him and you don’t care how old he is. But if he rejects you again, you’re going to make sure he gets on every junk mailing list in the cosmos. He better not be a jerk. Because he was a jerk the first time. And he owes you. And you’re giving him a chance. One chance. To pay back what he owes and to love the love of his life. Sorry. May sound a bit over the top, but you’ve earned it. He never should have given you up. Very few people get two chances.
I’m sorry. I’d have an I don’t care attitude. I’m giving you a chance and you’ll probably fuck it up, but just in case, I feel I owe it to myself to give you this chance. Just don’t be a jerk.
That’s probably not the best way to set it up, since it invites him to be a jerk, but it’s also a high risk challenge. If he can eat his pride and do the right thing, you win. You’re making it hard for him to win, but that’s good. You want it to be hard. He has to really want it. Otherwise you don’t want to mess with him any more.
That’s what I think.
Based on the story I made up in my head. I’m laughing at myself. I have no idea if this contains anything worth your while. What do you think?