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My boyfriend and I broke up about 2 weeks ago.

On that day, we agreed that we talk on Tuesday - yesterday. We have talked once since we broke up. However, yesterday when we were supposed to talk he didn’t call me. We broke up because he is suffering from severe depression and has not left his house in over 3 weeks - including not going work, not talking to friends, etc.
He said he wanted time and space to think things through and figure out what he wanted and what he is going to do.

Should I call him? And how long should I wait? Or should I just give up and wait for him to call me? Any advice?

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fcell04 offline Verified User (9 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (2 minutes after post)

give him a call and let him know you still care about him even though your not together anymore. If he is suffering from depression he probably didnt call because he thought you wouldnt care. Prove him wrong.

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6 months ago (2 minutes after post)

give him sometime to himself…he’l call you if he loves you…till then avoid all kinds of contacts with him

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fcell04 offline Verified User (9 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 6 months ago (7 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
give him sometime to himself…he’l call you if he loves you…till then avoid all kinds of contacts with him

this is the stupidest thing i have ever heard. If he is depressed chances are that he is going to feel like he doesnt deserve you and wont contact you because he does love you and thinks you will be better off without him. or maybe not but ignoring a person who is depressed is probably the stupidest thing you can do why not just plaster “i dont give a crap about you” on your forehead

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6 months ago (9 minutes after post)

fcell04 wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
give him sometime to himself…he’l call you if he loves you…till then avoid all kinds of contacts with him

this is the stupidest thing i have ever heard. If he is depressed chances are that he is going to feel like he doesnt deserve you and wont contact you because he does love you and thinks you will be better off without him. or maybe not but ignoring a person who is depressed is probably the stupidest thing you can do why not just plaster “i dont give a crap about you” on your forehead

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