Confused over what "time" really means
My ex boyfriend and I were together for over a year. He is an independent filmmaker and I'm finishing up my last year at university. We had a great relationship and I'd stay over at his place four days out of the week and over all holidays and semester breaks. We'd share bills and time with each others families. I got to be quite good friends with his parents in particular.
The last month of our relationship he grew really distant which I attributed to his increasingly busy film schedule. He'd always have people over while I was over and my weekly visits were literally reduced to me cooking, cleaning, and listening to him rant (I'm stupid, I know). When I brought this up he exploded but we seemed to have had everything patched up before I returned to school. Then I received an unexpected email from him on our anniversary telling me that he needed time and space and his career was more important to him at this point in time. He asked that I wait for him but he said he'd understand if I decided to move on.
I'm am absolutely heartbroken because this is the man I thought I was going to marry. Before that month every time he talked about the future I was always included. I haven't heard from him at all since that email, the exception being when I returned the email asking him to please explain and he replied by just repeating the first email. As I mentioned before, I am good friends with his mom and he obviously hasn't told her anything and she is emailing me asking if I'm coming to a Mother's Day lunch.
I am so confused and hurt! Is it possible for a guy to really just want time to think or is it over? What are the chances of us getting back together? Is it wrong for me to want a better explanation or to want to talk to him about this? Do I continue to wait for him to contact me or should I try to contact him again? (It's been two weeks since the breakup)
What do I tell his mom? I don't want him getting even more angry because he thinks I'm talking behind his back to his mother.