Shall I leave this Taurus? ...

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capitalchick
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17 Years

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I was born on 23rd July - so Im on the cusp of being a leo but possess more cancerian traits.

I've been stuck in "limbo" for nearly 4 months now with this guy who I clearly adore and love!

Now literally 2 months afterwards (i know its quick!) I ended up in a relationship with this guy-he and I were compatible in so many ways..we clearly wanted the same things from life etc. It got intense pretty quickly..he ended up falling in love and I remember the smallest things would suprise him i.e. how intense he felt about me, how holding hands was a new concept for him etc. It was like he was learning everything from scratch.. we had our first (and only!) mini disagreement in which he became distant for 2 days and didnt talk to me because he was "scared" and wasnt sure whether it meant we shouldnt be together!!!! Looking back I shouldve seen the signs even then..

Before me he had only ever been in 2 other casual relationships before in which he'd not been in love with the girls.. in fact it was because they told him they loved him that he ended the relationship because he knew he didnt and he didnt see a future with them.
This guy works crazy hours.. i mean 100 hour weeks... and we had a relationship where we spoke twice on the phone daily and tried to squeeze in dinner with each other at least 2 times a week!! Hes incredibly intelligent..very successful... but something I see now is the fact that hes emotionally very immature.

He proposed 8 months into our relationship, families got involved.. and it wasnt pretty. His family believed we were like "chalk and cheese" .. in fact his parents found many faults in me ..and well he got scared and overnight he developed SO MANY DOUBTS 😢

He says he loves me, he says he misses me, but he wont contact me anymore. Its been 4 months of this crazyness - Ive watched him withdraw and Ive become "needier" as a result. I have initiated contact with him always and to be fair he never ignores me.
Last week I decided to give him space and told him I still love him, and believe the differences that scare him from wanting to continue our relationship can be worked out.. but he just "doesnt know" and as a result is being cautious. But in meantime its left me feeling unloved. I mean we arent really even in a relationship anymore. Ive left the door open to him to return to me. But question is.. will he return—?
For a guy who was so crazy in love and wanted this sooo badly ..
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capitalchick
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17 Years

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I dont know what to do...

Sorry my last paragraph is unclear... basically I love him and Im not sure whether its worth waiting for him to return.

I feel like without realising it hes lost trust in his own judgement because his parents (who's opinion he values) think we're too different and plus he believes that in some ways he behaved in our relationship in ways that arent really him...and only did it to keep me happy...which he admits he shouldnt have done.
Ive reassured him that he can be who he likes, and that a relationship involves compromise on both sides. But its almost like he doesnt want to move forward with me because hes so scared of getting hurt or getting too attached to me again..
he says he doesnt have the "experience" to know whether our differences are relatively normal in most relationships ...but then he doesnt want to open up and talk to people and get their opinions so how will he know?

He def doesnt want to date or be in another relationship because he is in love with me and cant see past me!

What am I to do?

Im giving him space now, and not contacting him. Im away with work for a month and Ive told him when i return and left it to him...I'm done initiating and always txting / calling after him..
I guess Im afraid that distance will just make him drift further and continue to make these differences bigger in his head then they are in reality.

What do you think I should do?