Ignore or reply?

[radioheadfan]

Ex and I split up 3 years ago. No contact at all since. I’m in a new relationship and I thought he was too, or had been. Suddenly out of the blue he sends an old photo (on a platform I’d forgotten to block) with a sentimental/suggestive remark.
I have ignored it but part of me wants to reply.
What would you do? Suggestions for clever/sarky responses most welcome.

Ignore and block

This in spades

You broke up for a reason and you’ve moved on and are in a new relationship. Why disrespect your new partner by replying and what do you think you would even gain from doing so?

ask yourself, would you be happy to find out your current partner had done this to you? No you wouldn’t. So don’t do it to him.

Oh no. I meant reply in an angry way not an encouraging way. I’m angry that he thinks he can contact me when he wants after all this time. But yes I think you’re right that the way to send this message is by ignoring. Thank you!

Any response at all he will see as some kind of result. Sarky = shows you still care on some level. Clever = trying to impress him?

Ignoring is the best response of all if you are genuinely indifferent to him.

Why did you break up? Was it mutual?

You’re so right. It just makes me so mad. But I guess as you say that’s a result for him.

We broke up for a whole lot of reasons but we’d been apart because of work for a while and never actually saw each other in the end phase (his decision) so it all felt a bit unresolved. I have no desire to see him ever again. I suppose this has upset me because he was not nice to me in the end and it annoys me that he thinks I’d have forgotten that (if that is what he thinks). I’m also cross that he’s made me cross if that makes sense.

Your silence will say more than any text could.

Ignore that will hurt his massive ego even more.

I delete and block and forget all about it as well.

Just ignore it. Or show your bloke and have a laugh about it.

He's not worth the head space.

Yes this ha

It’s great you have no desire to see him again.

In that case, I would ignore. None of the reasons he’s getting in touch are good news for you. If he wanted to apologise for past behaviour he would have done that in his message.

The laziness of these men with their shit low effort messages etc. Sigh.

Thanks everyone. You’ve made me feel
much better. Ignored and deleted!!

Nice one OP. He might pop up again in 10 years! I had one who did this 😁

Sad aren’t they?? xx

Well done.
He will absolutely hate having a taste of his own medicine.

I have an ex who regularly tries to message me via various ways. It’s the most satisfying thing to ignore people.

Ignoring him will piss him off more than any angry response