The past is in the past...right?

Okay so I'm trying to keep a neutral viewpoint on this situation. Nameless and I are now friends...or "friends"...?


There's so much that I want to question, but because I'm trying be neutral, and trying to act like it's no big deal anymore, I can't just rehash everything right now. I'd probably scare him away. He mentioned how he had no hard feelings, and that the "past was in the past." As if it wasn't a big deal. What bothers me is that IT IS A BIG DEAL. I've been through too much and come to far because of this situation for it not to be a big deal.

And he's basically telling me that he went to great lengths to cut me out of his life for whatever reason, and magically got over that? He didn't make any type of move to contact me for a year, but now all of a sudden it's "The past is in the past, I'm fine with being friends...?" No. Part of me...a lot of me doesn't buy it.

I believe that he probably really does want to be friends, he was probably just waiting for an opportunity. I just don't think we can move forward, or even I personally, can move forward as friends without going back to the past. I like to communicate, if I don't get out what I need to get out, I'm literally your worse nightmare. No, just kidding, but you get the point. If this friendship continues, eventually we'll have to face the past. I, personally, won't let it progress until we do. But at the same time, I'm going to be patient and let everything come out in it's own timing.