If you like someone but keep pushing them away, only to find them stick by you. Do you recognize your behaviour and appreciate their understanding?

The man I like (very much) has BPD. 

In the course of 2 months, he pushed me away 3 times every time we got close. But I don't take it to heart. Yes, it hurts, but I give myself space and then contact him again to reassure him I'm still there. 

Today was the first day we talk after 3 days of silence, after him telling me he doesn't want to see me and we must remain friends. I felt like he wanted to cry when I came back...I felt like it meant so much to him although he didn't say it.