Can anyone decipher this bonkers msg?

[MozzchopsThirty]

Utterly bonkers, I can't make any sense out of it.
It's from my ex .........

Good morning. Sorry for texting you last night, that was inappropriate although I do have a couple of things I'd like to say.....
I would like us to see if we can start fresh as I know how amazing it can be and the connection we have but I think we should both do our own thing, wether it be pof or dating or sleeping with whoever and see where it goes. If we are meant to be then and we can get some time together we can have a different conversation. I'm not a player and I'm not prepared to be played, but I've cancelled things with people too often since you got back In touch and going forward I'm not going to do that and you should do the same. The funny thing is I'm looking for something that I'm not going to find somewhere else but I'm going to try. I'd like us to meet up and get it back on track and have that conversation but if not I'll be just fine with the good memories we had. I hope this message reads ok and isn't nasty or attacking as honestly it's not meant to be. Hope you have a fun day with the boys. 👍x

He sounds really thick and self-obsessed.

It would have been much simpler to say he fancies a shag but isn't prepared to, you know, only shag one woman.

This way he thinks he's coming across like he's got all the feels. 🙄

He wants to see you and date other people.

He wants you to be available and he wants to sleep around as and when he pleases.

Atleast he's been honest

Why are you giving him headspace?

I'd text back:

'No worries. I think we should go with the good memories idea. All the best x'

He wants you for a familiar shag, while being free to shag others but he 'will not be played' so you do not have the same free to shag whoever privileges. Nice!
Suggest you let him jog on and not let the door hit him on the way out.

He sounds a bit self absorbed, his sentence structure is awful and it sounds like you don't like him that much.

There's usually a good reason why you split up in the first place.
Use protection if you want to take him up on his suggestion to meet up when he doesn't get any luck on Tinder.

I can see why he's an ex. I'd keep it that way. He sounds a complete knob.

Whatever reason you contacted him again, rethink it. Bin him off.

Why did you get back in touch? What did you want from him?

You could just text 3 simple words:

“No thank you”

Text back "Who is this?"

Ha ha at Who is this?

Or text "New phone mate who dis?"

It reads like he's taking you for an idiot. Don't reply to someone who insults your intelligence and who is dishonest.
In fact, don't dignify him with a response for his use of the 'thumbs up' emoji. What kind of sadist uses that?!

Wouldn't even reply to that ..he wants to fuck other people and pick you up when he's at a loose end ..don't reply, delete and move on

There are generally 3 versions of events - yours, theirs and the truth.

It reads like that in his version, he wants you back and has been not seeking opportunities with others to start afresh with you and that’s not been working out for him so he wants to hedge his bets - basically treat each other as if you were brand new dates and non exclusive until you figured out if there was potential to start again.

IF his version of events was right I can kind of understand his logic but it sounds like your experience/version was pretty different from his.

Only you and he know the reality of why you split, if you think that it’s salvageable and you want to give it a try then go into it with your eyes open. Otherwise try and break this type of discussion as it will set you back.

It's really not salvageable

I messaged him at a very low point and said I missed him.
Then after the drama over the first date and now this I just remember why it ended

He's horrible, he was horrible to me, I wasted 3 years, my dd despises him, we have very different ideas on lots of things.

Last week he sent me a message saying he was happy his son was googling 'men kissing girls' I said 'why happy'?
He replied 'because it's not boys kissing boys 🤔
I thought 'why am I even talking to you'

ask him if he can be succinct

conversations with him must be torturous, I mean do your eyes glaze over 5 seconds in?
it's all fluff and waffle
Also he said 'going forward'
no excuse for that now is there

This sounds like the sort of relationship that would have been utterly dead and buried in the old days and you’d barely think about each other again, let alone still be in contact.

Social media and texting etc means it’s super easy to stay in touch these days, even if one or both of you know you shouldn’t.

Block his number, delete him from your social media profile and get on with your life.

🤣🤣🤣 I've pulled him up on 'going forward' before lol
It's like a business meeting
He'll be wanting to 'touch base' next

He wants a fuck buddy, with some of the extra benefits of being in a relationship. It's all about him and what he wants. Personally, not only would I tell him to go to Hell, I'd give him directions.

I think he wants to touch more than base.

Maybe suggest that he should simply concentrate on touching other people’s base and leave yours alone. Then delete his number.

I don't think I agree with the majority of pp.
It sounds like he doesn't understand why you cancelled, feels like you've got in touch and then messed him around and he isn't wanting to 'be played'.

So very different interpretations by both of you and best ended there.

I'd text back saying his last suggestion, of the memories, has the most appeal.