so.....therefore you should just be willing to stay friends with him, but if you can't handle it u need to keep it distant with him @ least he'll get an idea or else it hurts..trust me it will hurt you, guys dont understand this because they don't look at the matter as deeply as you do, not right now anyway when his just had an ex, if u act distant then see his reaction (if he has one). u need to let him go i'd say, but first you need to tell him what you feel...but then you have to becareful how you tell him, coz he may not understand how deeply u care, if u get a neg answer then back off straightaway, its gonna be hard, but at least you'll know the truth...unless he comes back after that and gives you some unique reason y or what happend or somethin.