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I need some help understanding this

Hi everyone,

So for a year or so now I've been in a long distance relationship. We've had our issues as long distance is always hard and on average we see each other generally

For 2-4 days once every two months or so.

Our main issues have been his lack of effort, I tend to make more trips than he does, he is emotionally unavailable at times, he withdraws etc. he's introduced me to his family and I've become extremely close to his mum and sister and their home is like a second home for me when I'm interstate visiting. He's told them that one day I'll be apart of their family also so they treat me as one of their own.

Whenever we have issues and fights he blames a lot of it on the distance and said things would be a lot different if we lived in the Same city. He's main issue is he believed he wasn't ready for a relationship when we first started dating and that attitude has filtered through with how he's treated me. I've tried to end it numerous times because I know you can never make anyone be ready if they're not but he comes chasing saying he wants to marry me eventually and that he believes I'm the one he will end up with but it's taking him a while to adjust and learn how to be a boyfriend and treat me how I deserve and not neglect me so much

He was previously with a girl for 3 years and was picking out rings to propose however she left the country and never spoke to him again so for a while he had trust issues and never got the closure he needed. He waited for her for an entire year writing to her daily (yes like the notebook) and he had a hard time just getting over it.

I feel like this has severely impacted how he treats me And I'm being punished for how she treated him.

I recently got a job in his city and asked him how committed he is since we will now be in the same state ( I move in 4 weeks) to which he wrote this: