a little confused here, please help?

Question

I'm so confused, my ex and I broke up in September, but we're best friends and were great friends before we started dating. We went out for about a year and a half and we continue to talk a lot. He calls me everyday to ask me if I would like to go eat dinner with him, and I say yes, because I'd love to. Sometimes he holds my hand, and gives me a kiss on the cheek. I know I should probably talk to him about it, If he'd like to go back out I would go back out with him, but we just need to talk about a lot. We broke up because he didn't want to hurt me because an ex has hurt me bad in the past and he said he didn't want to turn into that. I would like to make things work as friends, or as a relationship, but I will be pleased with friends because we have a great friendship. I'm going camping with him in a few weeks, and I don't understand the phone calls, if its just him wanting someone to eat with or if he wants to go with me (we're in samedorm/samefloor/datedsincehigh school)

Oh by the way, he still calls me babe. Neither one of us has seen anyone yet,and we stopped talking for a week and I came over to bring something to his room that I had and he told me "come here, i've missed you, it feels like its been forever", and its like we picked up where we left off, we still talked a lot and it was so easy, he's had some girls hit on him, and had numbers given to him but he hasn't acted on it, and girls have flirted with him but he's told me he doesn't really want anything with them. The other night we talked for an hour and a half on the phone just like we used to.. not too much has changed we're still best friends, but theres some major attaction there.

Answer 1

"but we just need to talk about a lot"....... Mo fo, gosh darnit heck to the world you people drive me so crazy sometimes!!!!! TALK THEN!!!!! PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TALK TO THE MAN ABOUT EVERYTHING HONESTLY!!!!!! Put yourself out their if he is worth anything, it really doesn't HURT!!!! Doesn't matter ether way if he turns the idea down, just make your peace with him, not wanting that. No biggy right, you've got something wonderful now right? So learn to be honest. YOU COULD BE GOING OUT RIGHT NOW!!!! And also this part right here t's me. " I would like to make things work as friends, or as a relationship" The only difference there should be between friends and relationships is the sex and commentment. Nothing else, you better understand that son of a gun enough to be his BEST FRIEND or your not in a true relationship. Your just two associates that think you love each other because you've never gone deep enough to be true friends, and SEE in reality weather your in love with each other. So don't confuse it. I know confusing, but thats why relationships never go far....

Friends can become great lovers, but lovers rarly ever become good friends......

trust that, NOW GO BE HONEST!!!