I (28) broke up with DP (31) recently. No regrets, it was the right thing to do from my point of view even though I miss him. We’ve had a few friendly conversations since I moved out but I’ve told him I have no desire to get back together.
He’s really suffering. I get a lot of text messages from him saying how hard he’s finding it and how miserable his life’s been since we broke up. It’s painful to be told about this because I really really want him to be happy and to be able to get on with his life. I feel quite guilty, even though I don’t believe I’ve acted badly towards him.
I’ve thought about cutting off contact altogether and blocking his messages, although that feels like a big step and I know it would hurt him more. We never had children, so it wouldn’t be that impossible. I’m just not sure it’s the right thing to do or even what I want.
What’s going to help him? I just want for us both to move on.