Who was he?

As I sit back and think of all the ways I felt we were aligned, values, interests, goals, etc. and then consider how much he clearly kept from me, it makes me wonder which things were authentic and which things were him just going along with something he didn't actually agree with.  How often did he let the mask slip so that I could get a glimpse of who he really was?

In the end, he said we weren't compatible but he couldn't elaborate in what way.  Was that just an excuse to get out because he wanted freedom or were there things that no longer or maybe never did resonate with him that he kept quiet about?

It's interesting to think about how we present ourselves in relationships and how well we let people truly get to know us and the flip side of that in how well we truly know those we are in relationships with.  Are we just strangers living parallel lives?  Or are we exchanging bits and pieces of ourselves to grow and find ways to interconnect with the world?

On a side note, in hindsight, he was right that we are incompatible, at least in one way - energy.  We weren't both pouring energy into the relationship in any balanced way.