Jessica, from Missouri, asks:

I was going out with this guys for 4 months and he always said he loved me, we hung out a lot to. A couple of weeks ago he broke up with me suddenly. He had no reason for the breakup and said he still loved me and he was upset about this breakup. Lately, he has bee talking nicely about me to other people, he stares at me, and when I see him he usually gives me hugs. How can I tell if he still likes me and wants to go back out? And why does he not have a reason for the breakup?

Thanks,
jessica

VictorM's advice:

Just because he broke-up with you doesn't mean he doesn't think highly of you and wishes you the best. He broke-up with you because after a few months he realized you're not the one for him. Why did things change? As he said, he doesn't know. There is no one reason. He has no more of an explanation than you do as to why you don't like thousands of other guys around you. Romantic attraction is not caused by adding all the positives and negatives and coming up with a net positive result; it's mostly a subconscious reflex that we can't quite explain. In most cases, the ending of that romantic attraction is equally as unexplainable.

The odds are very slim that he's interested in you and wants to go back out. You're reading too much into his politeness and genuine like for you. But really, that's all it is.