Cinamon said:
I just feel so stupid I didn't see this coming. I still have so much to learn.
Indeed you do, but mostly about reciprocity.
Essentially, when you first dated him, you were indifferent to him and told him that if he found someone else, that you and he would part company. So he heard in that that you had low IL, and that you could care less about him, right ? Then he attended to you while you were all broken in the hospital .
He then cooked you dinner and you had sex with him because you WANTED to. I say that because nobody forced you to go to his place for dinner and nobody forced you to get naked - those were your choices. And you made those choices with a guy who knew how little you felt for him, and you made those same choices knowing that YOU felt little for him.
You were quite willing to accept his attentiveness when you had a medical problem, and you were quite willing to accept a free meal . All the benefits were headed your way at this point
Then you made a choice to fvck him, and now you are whining because he is putting distance between you. Hey, didn't you tell him that you and he would probably not get together a few months ago - you pushed him away and kept him at a distance until you had a need (the hospital) and then you accepted his attentions.
You are pissed because he finally got what he wanted and you lost ownership of CONTROL over him. He flipped the script on you and you are angry because, like most women, you feel somehow entitled to CONTROL relationships with men. Well, honey you don't - he just demonstrated that.