Why did he message me? Was he jealous? 10 pts for best answer?

[anonymous]

So yesterday, April fools day, I changed my relationship status to "in a relationship" as a joke. One of the guys who I've been out with a few times said, "oooo... lucky you!" I said it was a joke a few minutes later. I am confused as to why he would comment. He hasn't contacted me in 3 months and didn't even tell me he was back in town for spring break; I found out from a friend. The weekend before spring break, he had lunch with a girl that likes him. She posted pictures on facebook and a status saying how thankful she is for him and his 2 friends. He commented "We love you". He was the only one who commented. I figured they were in some sort of romantic relationship.

Our Relationship
Our "relationship"--going to lunch and a movie--was alright until January. We would hang out when he came to town and sometimes message over Facebook. I would text him and could tell the only reason he replied-with very short answers- was to be polite. I decided not to contact him at all unless he contacted me first and i haven't contacted him at all. Yay me!

Here are the options I've narrowed the meaning of his comment down to:

1: He knew I was joking and wanted to play along ( the meaning of the comment seemed mean to me)

2: He wanted to show me that he doesn't have a crush on me and supports me being with someone else ( before we started hanging out, he complimented me but said he didn't have a crush on me)

3: He was somewhat jealous and couldn't pass up the opportunity

[Ann]

Maybe he did not know it was a joke. Inform him

[Thomas]

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[Kelbel]

All 3 points that you've mentioned sound possible. If I were in this type of situation, I might lean toward your first guess. His comment did not seem too polite. I'm not making any statements or anything; it was just my first assumption.

[Kelly]

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