I've been single for a year and had recently started seeing a guy. I was really growing to like him, but a few days ago he stopped texting.
He then this morning text me the following:
"Good morning sorry for delayed response. my ex has been asking me about trying again. Things have not fully progressed but I want to be honest as much as I like the sounds of what I read" [in response to some flirty messages from a few days ago]
I was pretty hurt by this esp. the "progressed" bit (can't articulate why) and responded with:
"Thanks for being honest, if you think there's still something between the two of you I wouldn't want to be kept on the back burner as that's just messy and I'm worth more than that. Good luck with the way things progress."
I will still come into contact with this guy every so often but can hold my head up high - but did this response come across as confident or just petty? Feels a bit shit coming "runner up" iykwim.