need advice on a friendship with a guy
I (f21) met a friend (m20) and we quickly became close and confided a lot in each other last fall. we moved away from each other about 4 months later, but we stayed in touch and frequently called or texted. he liked my friend and that didn’t pan out but we bonded over it. eventually he started making a lot of jokes about us being together / sexual jokes that were funny and he was touchy but i had a boyfriend at this point so it was always platonic and we just had a really close connection. however, within the past two months, it seems like he’s been much more distant, like his texts are dryer and he hasn’t reached out as much and hasn’t called me out of the blue for two months (which is abnormal for him). the only big changes in our relationship is that we’ve been apart for longer and i also broke up with my boyfriend that he never really cared for. of course there’s a lot more details to the story, but overall what could his distancing mean? how should i respond? i really care for him as a friend and close confidant but it’s hard to stay in touch when we’re far apart and he doesn’t seem interested in our relationship. ive continued to reach out over text and it still mostly seems dry (which he usually texts that way, but for some reason this time it feels very conversation-ending dry not just short responses). i should just call him or ask him, but i don’t want to seem dramatic or desperate (i know that’s all in my head), but i do really enjoy having him as a friend and the banter we had and i don’t want to lose that. but also maybe i’m making things more serious than they really are? another note is that he used to always tell me about girls he was talking to or seeing, so i don’t think he’s seeing someone else and afraid to talk to me about it because he’s never been weird about that before. so now im sitting here eating my sweet potato fries, and overthinking! any advice, tips, thoughts, would be helpful!