After many years of suffering she’s finally on a upward trend. Engaged and planning for the future for the first time in at least a decade.

The game guys were last spotted on bean bags in the arcade room, did they go to get snacks? Are they snack guys now? This is horrible!

You lost them? Where did they go?

We need to find the game guys immediately!

I mostly meant of my post… My first assumption is no longer feasible.

Yeah… That changes things a lot.

The early 20’s are always such a time of growth for a person. Weening themselves off the familiar living with family. From not really needing to do anything for existence other than show up to living on your own, fending for yourself, and realizing that making ends meet is a lot tougher than you thought it was going to be.

There are details missing (like which one of you long distanced) which could help add some context to the overall understanding… However, I can certainly speculate as to what’s happening with him.

He agreed to the year break as a compromise after telling you he wasn’t mentally capable of handling a relationship and to sort himself out a bit. You said it was too much mentally for you to handle. You have (accidentally) backed him into a no win situation. He cares for you but really wanted/needed that time. He doesn’t want to straight call it off, which was why he asked for the break in the first place. After your response he’s not left with many options and for many people long distance relationships are very very tough.

I can speculate that he’s distancing himself from you and acting less loving as a method of gently changing the way the relationship functions. If he can become just unpleasant enough that you agree to giving him that time, then he will have gotten what he wanted. after further details this no longer seems possible.

He could also be partying a bit harder than expected in your absence and doing some things which more than just you would like to know his location (drugs).

He could be contacting ancient aliens, partaking in extremist religious ceremonies, playing Dnd while on dnd, driving out to the mountains and howling at the moon, planning your engagement and wedding, or pretty much anything else. Whatever he’s doing he is making a conscious choice to do it.

There is no good and easy way to diffuse this. I’m certain you cannot do it the way things currently are, and some random impartial third party would likely be best.

No matter what those answers are, they are likely going to hurt both of you to some extent.

Instead of building homes, I destroy them… So same trade, different step.

Tyrian. 90’s scrolling shooter ported over and mostly functional.

Right and Down.

It’s a very easy game to play, tough to get good rolls in.

Also the name are the controls.

There’s also the sequel, Right and Down and Dice. Just in case there wasn’t enough random in your rogue lite.

A simple “Hey! Good work today!” with a thumbs up is really all it takes from a random passerby or coworker.