ariekitten

i feel really stupid asking this, but i've really run out of ideas as to how i should approach this situation. so i'll briefly explain:

worked for quite awhile with a guy who liked me, and i basically only knew him in our work chat program, but he had a crush on me and knew what i looked like, etc. then we finally started dating, and he was overly affectionate, always wanting to go out places with me, being very protective as a boyfriend, etc (we started dating soon after our first date). his friends met me and liked me, said i was his first real girlfriend and revealed that he ranted and raved (good things) to his friends.
well then he told me he loved me, but explained that he wasn't sure if he knew what real love was or not...etc.....he was pretty open about how he felt...

but at this time he had no job, so when he finally got one, we still sorta went out, but limited, and then he started working overtime to try to catch up on his finances (when he was job-less he was living off a credit card with 28% interest). well now i email and call him (leave msgs cuz he's never there) and he doesn't respond, he's never online and his friends say they never see him online either. i actually did get an email from him almost a week ago which stated that he couldn't go out with me on his days off (fri/sat) because he was still doing lotsa overtime to catch up on finances. his parents also have alot of expectations and they have him paint the outside of their house most days before he goes into work. he's trying to save up so he can move out.

we've been dating a month and a half, and i really had hoped things would go well for us, but i haven't seen him in almost 2 weeks, and like i said, the last time i heard from him (just an email) was almost a week ago. i called him tonite but just got the answering machine.....i have emailed him and said "i hope you know you can be honest with me regarding any subject....such as if you wanted to break up with me, you would feel you could tell me, knowing it would hurt me more to keep me hanging on...."

so i'm thinking i might need to email him and break things off, but i honestly don't know what to do.....give it time? or does it just seem too odd for a guy to totally fall all over a girl (his first real girlfriend) and then a month later just totally ignore her? thanks in advance for any comments/suggestions you ladies might have, and sorry this is so long.

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