WhatsApp: did he unblock me?

[Hoopyhoopa]

So my first boyfriend and I had a terrible break up in 2019. He blocked me on everything and that was it, I never heard from him again. On WhatsApp, his profile picture went grey, status disappeared, and obviously no 'last seen'. Completely dead. My last message to him remained on two grey ticks, so sent but unread before the blocking.

I have never deleted chats saved on my WhatsApp and thus have many going back to 2015. I like to scroll down when I'm bored and see if anyone's changed their picture just out of curiosity.

Well tonight I did my little scroll and....said ex boyfriend suddenly has a profile picture. No more grey person. It's a very old photo though, probably 10 years old. I click on their profile and they suddenly have a status that's dated 2023. However, there is no 'last seen' and my last message is still two grey ticks.

Now I am late night pondering what this means. Has he unblocked me? But hidden his 'last seen' from me? Last I heard on the rumour mill he was in a very happy relationship, as am I. But I am CURIOUS. It's been nearly 6 years without him showing any awareness that I'm still alive and kicking.

Anyone have a clue what it means? Is WhatsApp just having a weird update or has he actually unblocked me?

He probably doesnt have your number saved anymore. Probably changed his settings to Public. Sometimes I unblock long blocked contacts but dont think anything about it.

Maybe he calmed down a few weeks after you broke up, to see if you reached out. Who knows!!!!! But it’s really not healthy to be so interested in a relationship that ended 6 years ago. Do you have a partner now?

And you’ll confirm to him he did exactly the right thing in ending it and blocking you.

Good luck, I think you probably need more help than with WhatsApp if this is still at the front of your mind after all this times. And I don’t believe you were scrolling accidentally, I would bet you were looking specifically for him.

I know someone who received a message from a contact she’d had blocked for a few months; she definitely hadn’t unblocked, so it seemed there was some kind of brief temporary glitch. It switched back to blocked without her doing anything shortly afterwards.
I’ve never heard of this happening to anyone else (and this was a few years ago)…but I guess it wouldn’t be noticed unless the blocked person got in touch, or the person who’d blocked them looked at the chat or contact for some reason?

Even if he did unblock you, it’s been 6 years, he hasn’t tried to contact you, and it doesn’t seem likely he’d be up for rehashing the breakup and being insulted. If you were my friend I’d advise deleting the chat and his number, and not giving him another thought.

Why is it a horrible thing to say?

He'll have blocked you because there was a conversation he really didn't want to have with you. 6 years later, you still want to have that conversation, so from his perspective, he had very good reason to block you.

That's unlikely to have changed. You're not going to get the conversation you want from him.

He got a new iphone

He hasnt unblocked you. He has a new phone. That’s all

move on

That’s not a conversation, that’s wanting the last word. Maybe the block was due to you not listening to what he was saying. Also having a chat with your ex still in your chat history, after a breakup like that, is holding on to the past.
There’s a few reasons for him to unblock you, he might want to see if he still has control over you, if you’ll notice and message him then he’s won. Especially if you say that to him, then he knows you’ve never gotten over him, and his reason for blocking you isn’t important. Sometimes it’s nice to just have a clean break and close off any conversation if it’s not going anywhere and you’ve said what needs to be said.