Quote Originally Posted by Guillaine View Post
You may be right but I think it's pretty normal to take a year or more after a long term relationship breaks up to be open enough to feel love again
You may talk like friends. To talk about what is interesting for one or both of you - about what you like or dislike, to give the support and help in something, to do neutral things together, etc.

You do not need the open romance situation. But if you'll feel each other as friends, the feelings will become warmer between you - to switch in romance is much possible. The problem after breaking of other relations - the bad mood. Help him to overcome it, be friend to him and if you'll success - it will not take long monthes for new feelings coming to him.

> If he says he doesn't want a relationship I am going to take him at his word.

He was about a romance. Talk with him like with a human and forget on some time he's also a man.