Immediately after my divorce I got together with an old friend. It lasted about a year and was ok, but he was also a bit pushy and cold and we broke up, over a year ago.
He said he hoped we could still be friends and I agreed (there’s a whole social/ professional context around us). It seems the meaning of this is different for each of us though and while I meant I hoped we could get on if we turned up at the same thing, he has expected me to be on WhatsApp whenever he wants to chat, etc. He had a whole patch where he said he was having a breakdown and recently had been writing messages each evening that I haven’t answered. I’ve explained that I don’t want that politely many times but he hasn’t listened, and now I’ve blocked him.
Is that ok?
I’m worried it’ll make it even worse and he’ll somehow double down. I’m angry he’s making me feel so got at when he knows I live alone with my kids and suffered an abusive marriage before.