Me (31F) and him (30M) were dating for 4 months and he is a single dad and has his daughter twice a week. The first two months were great, he was saying and doing all the right things and he had a lot of time to dedicate to our relationship.

Then problems started to arise, mainly because of changes in custody arrangements, and this impacted his ability to work as much as he did before. We weren't able to do as much because he didn't have as much disposable income. He also got a second job and since then we would talk to each other less and when we met he would always be exhausted and we wouldn't do anything apart from sitting at home. There were tensions because of this, we had a couple of fights and he eventually decided to break things off because he doesn't have the time and money to invest in the relationship right now.

This whole situation seemed to be causing him a lot of stress and anxiety but he also claims everything else was good between us. During our last talk he said he wants to keep in touch and since the break up is purely because of his present circumstances, there is no reason we wouldn't be together if the circumstances changed. I told him I'm not gonna wait around and I don't wanna be friends or fwb or any of that. If he is in the position to date me again he will need to do things properly again.

In this situation should I go no contact (block him on everything) or just refrain from contacting him? I still have his number and have him on social media. I have not felt the urge to contact him yet and we haven't spoken in the last 4 days. I'm just really unsure what I should do moving forwards, I do want him back but I agree with him that right now he can't give me the type of relationship I deserve and want. I don't hate him for taking this decision, I don't believe in "if he wanted to he would", because life is never that black and white. But I know I can't start moving on if I still hold onto the hope we will be back together.