OMG!!!!
You're scenario parallels my first *bf* in a lot of ways!
Your guy is not over his ex.
AND
Your guy is not willing to be the *bad guy* in your current relationship; and say, definitively, that it's over between the two of you. As he keeps you in the dark, is evasive and strings you along as he attempts to find out if his relationship with his ex is salvageable.
Meanwhile, when you make strides to distance yourself from him; he becomes more desirous of you?! And shows the passion and affection you long for, because he senses he might be losing you too.
I've learnt from my experience that it's not good for your heart.
Be very weary of someone that is scared to lose you; rather than desirous to keep you.
Love, imo, shouldn't be motivated out of fear of losing something. It should be motivated by intense desire of wanting something special in your life.
Moreover, you have to ask yourself these simple questions:
Do I deserve respect? Do I deserve happiness? Do I deserve mutual affection? Do I deserve someone with integrity?
If you answer these, then you realize what you are NOT getting from this relationship.
And then you'll have to begin the process of simply coming to terms that this relationship is too challenging--if not improbable--to be sustainable.
That is of course if you don't like drama in your life.
Some people do
