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Should I send this message to ex or not? Please help!

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Shouldknowbetter2015 · 30/10/2015 17:02

I've written a few threads about how difficult I've found it to come to terms with end of relationship with exP. We weren't married, living together or had children. We were only together a couple of yrs but he's seriously got into my head & I just can't stop thinking about it all. I guess I'm still a little attached and a lot angry with him, but feel I've never had the chance to tell him how he made me feel at the end ( I'm pretty sure he was having some sort of breakdown, lots of verbal abuse & flouncing out of my house, only thinking about himself & all his problems etc. etc. you know the type...).

Anyway I saw him today & he was all nicely nicely but there was so much I wanted to say, obviously I couldn't as it wasn't appropriate in public! I've composed following text - I really want to send it, but know I probably shouldn't. I don't want him back, I just want acknowledgement of what he did to me.

"It's funny that I bumped into you today, I've been thinking about you a lot as it's two yrs ago this week that we got together. I still don't understand what happened & how you wanted me so much to start off with then treated me so appallingly at the end, when all I'd done was care for you & be there for you through your bad times. You probably don't even realise the damage you did to me & how you shattered my already low self esteem all over again. I know you think you are the only one with problems, but when you are thinking about how much (his ex wife's name) hurt you, please try to understand how much you hurt me & how I still feel almost 5 months on. I hope you find peace within yourself eventually"

What do you reckon?

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brokenhearted55a · 31/10/2015 16:03

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springydaffs · 31/10/2015 21:25

Everybody's saying don't send it but nobody is saying why!

I'd definitely send an edited version (leaving off the low self esteem bit). To say my piece. It's good to state your piece, to say you behaved like a cunt/you think it's all about you, well there are other people here and you took and took but gave nothing in return when I gave so much to you. etc etc.

I finitely would not send it if I was going for a reply, or an apology. That would just be adding to be hurt all over again. But if all I wanted was to say my piece then I would say it. I couldn't give a ff what they think of it or me.

brokenhearted55a · 31/10/2015 21:32

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springydaffs · 31/10/2015 22:04

I don't care as long as I get to say it!

Just bcs he's not human, doesn't make me not human.

IguanaTail · 31/10/2015 22:55

Ok here are some reasons not to send it:

It will leave the nasty words on your lips which is not good for you.

Once you have sent it, you will be wondering if he has got it. If he has and doesn't answer it will leave you hanging. If he does and sends something dignified back you will feel like a berk, if he does and replies with something nasty then you will either have to leave it and it will keep reverberating around your head, or respond and that is stress.

springydaffs · 31/10/2015 23:48

Nasty words on your lips not good? The truth is not necessarily nasty.

I wouldn't be wondering if he'd got it, I'd be satisfied to have said it. That's all.
Him not answering wouldn't leave me hanging bcs I wouldn't expect, or indeed want, a reply.
If he sent something dignified back i'd think 'oh good! He gets it!' But that would be a complete bonus. I wouldn't expect it at all.
If he sent something shitty back i'd read the first few words then, knowing it was shit, I'd delete it without reading. Then block him.

The whole point of sending it would be for MYSELF, not him.

Shouldknowbetter2015 · 01/11/2015 09:09

Springydaffs: thanks for your perspective, which is how i felt on Fri. I wanted to send it for me, to make me feel better. Howt, reflecting on advice here, i know I'm not mentally strong enough to cope with being rejected by him yet again or actually him being nice (highly unlikely though!). I'm starting a new job tomorrow & hoping it will give me a new focus in my life. Thanks for your replies.

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Threefishys · 02/11/2015 11:07

only send it when you're ready for no response/whatever response you get. It's your closure and if you're ready send it if you're waiting on it to trigger something - don't you will just wind yourself up over it.

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