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Fading out: less contact, and it’s been this way for months

Going by your answers, this is a trend rather than a cycle, and it’s heading down. He texts first less often, suggests plans less often, there’s less on the calendar ahead of you, and it’s been this way for months. A cycle swings and comes back to where it started. A trend doesn’t.

Relationships often end in silence rather than a conversation: one person turns the volume down and waits for the other to get tired first, because then nobody has to say the hard thing out loud. That doesn’t make him a bad person, and it doesn’t erase what you had. But a pattern like this usually means the question is already being settled without words, and one of you will have to say it.

This is not a diagnosis. The quiz describes interaction patterns in a relationship and does not assess anyone’s mental health.

This is not a diagnosis. Our articles and quizzes describe what happens between people and do not assess anyone’s mental or physical health. They are not a substitute for professional advice.