we are all familiar with nostalgia, and i know that is something everyone in the whole wide world can relate to. i also know it is one of the most confusing feelings out there. i believe that yes, it does bother him that he can't have the times he shared with this girl back - but he doesn't particularly want to be part of her present day life (because her present day life is not what he is missing, he is missing the past)
he is looking back on these memories and is content because he knows they were great memories and ones he will always have. it is almost like he misses the time he spent with the girl, moreso than the girl herself.
i don't think it bothers him.
we are all familiar with nostalgia, and i know that is something everyone in the whole wide world can relate to. i also know it is one of the most confusing feelings out there. i believe that yes, it does bother him that he can't have the times he shared with this girl back - but he doesn't particularly want to be part of her present day life (because her present day life is not what he is missing, he is missing the past)
he is looking back on these memories and is content because he knows they were great memories and ones he will always have. it is almost like he misses the time he spent with the girl, moreso than the girl herself.