Now what am I suppose to think?

Well here is the update on my whole situation here. Since the last I wrote, we have been through the arguing stage, and I really pulled away. He was coming down really hard on me asking me a lot of questions and pretty much interrogating my life. So I stopped answering his calls and texts for a while.

Recently, He sent me a bumper for my car that he promised a few months ago, and called letting me know that he sent it. His voicemail was positive letting me know that he had sent it so I returned his phone call an hour later. He left his card game to talk to me for a bit. He kept saying wow you sound good, really positive etc. I said yes I am doing good working on my self going out with the girls and just enjoying some things. I thanked him for the bumper and went on my way??_than he text the next day and he has contacted me occasionally being mushy about 60 percent of the time 2 percent of the time flirty and the other percent he is just talking. I stay away from being mushy back, because I already told him how much I care about him and that didn't seem to matter to him than. So after 7 days of talking and texting I started to get confused again, and texted him a mushy text back, and he kindof went a away for a day??_lol
I still don't answer all his calls or text messages he texts good morning in the morning occasionally etc??_but if I don't respond he will text message with a sarcastic text mean text following my no answer and than I definatly don't respond. I am all about positiveness and I don't want to argue.
So talking on and off again, he asks me how the love life is??_I told him that I am not interested in dating right now I am just hangin out with the girls, trying new things, going to the gym working out, etc??_. I asked what about him he said nah been to busy. I asked if he is going out with the guys and he said not too much just doing things at home working and making money. He always tells me that he still never has as much fun as he does when he was with me —it's the most fun I have had in years??

So now that I am more level headed about the situation, I was going to ask if he would like to meet half way to have dinner and talk. I know that he has a lot to get off his chest, with his personal problems (which he tells me in small doses and not even his best friend knows about them) so I figured a face to face would be a little easier and maybe some fun. I care about him a lot, I just don't want him to use me. I of course would like to be back together with him in his life, but he of course still doesn't seem to know what he wants.
I try to stay away from him and I converstaions but he always seems to bring them back in to conversation, I text him occasionally with positive statements, like yesterday I texted —smile?? and he said —now?? I text him a really cute pic of two baby bears that said boop I touched your nose, and he said that is cute isn't it. I said yes did that make you smile? And he said I only smile when your name pops up on my phone. I said aw that was sweet.

Anyways he called me last night and we talked about random things, and he asked me if we could go get dinner half way, and he said no I wont ask you to stay in a hotel because I know you didn't like that Idea 3 months ago. So I agreed and asked him when he said we will figure that out maybe a wed. night after work.
He said he will call me today only if I answer, I said its not like I ignore the calls you just call when I am at the gym or taking salsa lessons. He also said last night that if he wasn't hunting today he would have jumped in his car and drove 3.5 hours to see me with out question, when he says stuff like that I just don't take him serious anymore because of all the pain he put me through.

So I am just confused now, is he using me to fill his void of boredom? Might he be changing his mind about the break up? Or does he just want to see if he still has me on a leash and making sure I am not moving on?
I just don't want to go through the pain I went through.

I stay away from seeming desperate, and needy. I show him that I am strong individual on my own. And stay crazy positive with him even though sometimes I hurt inside. I make sure I ask how the kids are when I talk to him, and the family.

The last two posts were help with my Taurus and I need help quick if you want more back round!

Let me know what you think Thanks!