Follow-up on my Ex reaching out
so he's been weird. if u see my previous posts you'd know that he owed me money. thing is this weekend he's been reaching out. Early today he sent me a photo of his niece and an animal that represented us in our relationship. I was baffled, like what do u mean? he even directly called me by my former pet name. Later, he called me about the money, the very last premium. He sounded regretful and said so after this there're no more excuses to reach out? I said no, no more excuses please dont contact me and he proceeded to ask for forgiveness. Telling me I didnt deserve what he did. that he now knows I was a great woman and he didnt value that and he has to carry that for the rest of his life... He even asked if I "loved" or "love" him. I made it clear that even I love him I do not want him back in my life. I would never forgive his disrespect. I only asked him to not disrespect my name if friends or family asked him about our failed relationship. I feel lighter today.
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do you think part of him reaching out was genuine remorse, or more about easing his own guilt now that he’s realizing you’re really gone?
you did everything right. when he start poking at old wounds just to ease his guilt, it’s tempting to engage, but you stayed firm. keep that boundary solid. block if you need to you don’t owe him more conversations.
my ex did almost the exact same thing the whole “i finally realize what i lost” speech once i’d already done the hard work of letting go. i remember shaking after that call, but also feeling lighter, like i’d finally closed a door he kept trying to keep cracked open. you handled that with so much strength.