I acknowledged my ex and felt all the better for it

[Onmyownagain1]

My relationship ended in early 2021 and we've had absolutely no contact. I saw him for the first time at a recent event and after half an hour of pretending the other wasn't there, I decided to be the bigger person so I walked across the room and all I said was, "I'm not going to ignore you", I felt he was stumped and replied with the same words. I didn't say hello, or his name or anything else. He went to say something else but I just walked away as I didn't want to engage further. He hurt me a lot at the end of our relationship in the way he discarded me, so I'd have every reason to ignore him, but that's just not me. If I saw him again, I'd leave it up to him, otherwise I wouldn't bother. I don't want to be his friend or engage in chat otherwise.
Did I handle it well?
I actually felt good and strong afterwards.

I'm so sorry to say OP, but he's now going to think you're bonkers and that he still gets to you (although who cares what he thinks)

Gosh, OP - I bet you’re wishing you hadn’t posted about this now. I think what you did was fine. And I think it’s fine you walked away, too. This guy really hurt you. It makes sense that you could say hello but couldn’t quite bring yourself to chat.

Well done op I think you handled it well and are getting some shitty responses from people who have clearly don't understand how much courage it took to do what you did

OP it really doesn't matter what others think...... you felt good that's all that matters.