Help? Advice?

Hello everyone. So I kind of need advice. Ok so, I dated this guy for about 2 years and he was my first for everything. Im 21 he's 23 now, well he moved due to school and we ended things. But he gets really jealous about me going out and talking to guys even when i ignore a dude he'll trip on me. We're not together and I know he has had a few encounters with girls in the other state he lives in. We talk but we both always say we're not together. Yea i still love him so much but I just want to know why he will tell me he cares and then when he gets jealous he tells me he doesnt? Im so confused. Im not a cheater I never have been but he makes me feel like i am even though im not taken what so ever. I have been talking to someone else and he just found out because of social media. He blew up bad on ne but now we're good again?! I've asked him so many times why he trips and he tells me I can do whatever i want but then gets jealous?! Wtf do i do? I've tried so many ways to handle this without having to stop talking to him 🙄