do leo men need me time after being close?

i'm in a long distance "relationship" with a leo man. just a bit of background: its not officially a relationship, because he wants to wait until we can be in the same city together, we only see each other once a month, but we are technically in a relationship because we are committed to each other, and we do all the normal relationship things, i think to him the label of a relationship would be pointless without being able to be with me all of the time.

when we spend time together he is great with me, very affectionate, but towards the end of his trips to visit me, i become very emotional because i know i'm going to miss him a lot, and he deals with it well, but i can't help but worry that it freaks him out a bit. he's 100% with me when we're together, then for about a week after his visit, he's not particularly talkative at all, although we never go a day without speaking.

it makes me very anxious because he is colder than usual after visits.

is this normal for leo men to pull back after being close?

i'm in a long distance "relationship" with a leo man. just a bit of background: its not officially a relationship, because he wants to wait until we can be in the same city together, we only see each other once a month, but we are technically in a relationship because we are committed to each other, and we do all the normal relationship things, i think to him the label of a relationship would be pointless without being able to be with me all of the time.

when we spend time together he is great with me, very affectionate, but towards the end of his trips to visit me, i become very emotional because i know i'm going to miss him a lot, and he deals with it well, but i can't help but worry that it freaks him out a bit. he's 100% with me when we're together, then for about a week after his visit, he's not particularly talkative at all, although we never go a day without speaking.

it makes me very anxious because he is colder than usual after visits.

is this normal for leo men to pull back after being close?

Posted by JustALeo
it makes sense to me if he is a little colder after a visit because in a way he is protecting himself too, like you we get emotional too but don't like to show it much sometimes.

So when he is being colder with me after a visit, i.e taking a while to reply, short answers... it's because he is trying to hide his emotions? He is affectionate in person but definitely hasn't shown much emotion to me so far. We have been seeing each other for nearly 8 months but still haven't slept together, and that is down to him, because he admitted he wanted to protect himself. He also made it clear that we couldn't be in a proper relationship yet because he was too scared of getting hurt by the long distance. Is wanting to hide his emotions/protect himself a good sign?!

i really hope he does have feelings for me and he is interested. he is just being so cold today, its making me anxious. i said "is everything okay?" he took four hours to reply and then said "chill out" and then went back to ignoring me. usually he is so quick to reply. maybe i'm getting worked up over nothing!!

yeah this all makes a lot of sense. i think i do get insecure because we don't have a proper relationship and its long distance, so it's easy to worry when things change. but i think you're right about trust being important to him and that because he is in contact every day, he definitely cares, but he just needs time to re-adjust and focus on his work and other things going on in his life, because he is very dedicated to those things, he is a go-getter.
i will definitely take a chill pill.
thank you lovely leos

send him the nudes

Overall, I'm pretty much in agreement with JustALeo's assessment of the situation, but I'm just curious...in what signa are your Leo-love's Moon and Venus?

Don't stress it to much. I know I am a Leo woman and now in a relationship with another Leo male (I told myself I wouldn't do it and here I am). We are very very similar and very dominant and mentally active people. There are many times I need me time and down time as I can get very over stimulated, even in a relationship. He will use the term "clocking out" with me and I take the cue he needs his down time to refresh and I let him be. Once I let him be and he "refreshes" he is back to his happy warm Leo self. Me...same way. If you bother me when I need to "clock out and refresh" I can be a very grouchy cat.

Posted by londonlibralady
he's 100% with me when we're together, then for about a week after his visit, he's not particularly talkative at all, although we never go a day without speaking.

it makes me very anxious because he is colder than usual after visits.

is this normal for leo men to pull back after being close?

You've spent all that time together doing stuff IRL. When he gets back to his life he's trying to adjust himself to his old enviroment, doesn't mean he's grown distanced to you, or that he's "protecting himself emotionally". It's just after all that QUALITY time spent together IRL, talking on the phone or texting just doesn't do it justice. Not for a long time.