Looking for any and all support I can get. My ex of 8 months broke up with me a month ago. We had a great relationship and loved each other. Families loved both of us. Unfortunately his life started to crumble after we met. His mom has dementia and she progressed fast (I even saw it). He is a nurse at a psyche hospital, the father of 2 girls that he has 3-4 days a week, and helps care for his mom. In more recent months his mom got worse and he now cares for her 2 days a week. This means, at best, he gets 2 days AFTER work... to himself. About 3 weeks before the break up, his mom had an aggressive episode that put him, his daughters and his mom in tears. Her husband almost put her in a home. He was different after that. Not towards me, but distant in his mind. He just couldn't give to one more thing. He ended it saying he needed to simplify his life. His life needs less right now. He did hope we could remain friends. I was blindsided as just 10 days before the break up he said I was important to him, and he was blessed to have me. I asked if he still saw a future and he said yes, and I hope you do too. I made a mistake later that week and asking if we could try to spend more time together. He apologized and agreed. He said the thought of putting his mom in a home shook him, but said he could totally try to spend more time. For a few days he was extra sweet...but you could see he was just spent. A week later he ended it. His entire family has reached out to me saying they are still here, his girls are so mad at him and love me dearly.

I don't know what to do? He's checked on me a few times. I was on 2 vacations in April. He liked and commented on the Facebook posts. He called me in between the trips and we just had a brief catch up convo. I called him last night and he sounded sad or down... or as I perceived, not excited to hear from me. He said he had been stopping to see his mom almost everyday, seems to be helping her.

I don't want to lose something so amazing... what do I do?