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Ex wants to stay friends but he's moved on and I'm severely depressed

36 replies

Alicew00 · 19/05/2025 19:47

I've been really suicidal since thursday/friday when i found out my ex was seeing someone else. I broke it off when i caught him sexting other women 6 months ago. Yet he still wants to be friends because he doesn't have many and neither do i. He talked to me on friday night til i fell asleep as he was worried about me. I'm feeling better now after my sister said i need to move and get a fresh start. My house is in a bad state and the area is awful. So that's what I'm going to do. I just cant figure out if i should be friends with him. He's the only person who bothers to keep checking im ok.

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Alicew00 · 21/05/2025 09:43

I've blocked him 😬 it needs to be done. He was making me feel worse. I just blocked without saying anything on whatsapp where he usually texts. He tried ringing me this morning but i ignored it.
Need to keep ignoring now. Let him wonder lol.

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ThatLimeCat · 21/05/2025 10:22

Alicew00 · 21/05/2025 09:43

I've blocked him 😬 it needs to be done. He was making me feel worse. I just blocked without saying anything on whatsapp where he usually texts. He tried ringing me this morning but i ignored it.
Need to keep ignoring now. Let him wonder lol.

Good for you!! You can block him on your phone as well so you don't receive texts anymore.

Alicew00 · 21/05/2025 19:33

I've put bleach on one of his tshirts he left and gave to me and I've cut it up a bit as well. Might leave it outside his house on the fence

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MiloMinderbinder925 · 21/05/2025 19:36

Alicew00 · 21/05/2025 19:33

I've put bleach on one of his tshirts he left and gave to me and I've cut it up a bit as well. Might leave it outside his house on the fence

Don't OP. Just move on with your life.

Alicew00 · 21/05/2025 19:36

Okay

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MiloMinderbinder925 · 21/05/2025 19:42

Alicew00 · 21/05/2025 19:36

Okay

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superplumb · 21/05/2025 20:07

He sounds sick
Hes keeping you hanging around just in case.

Go no contact with him. Block him and delete his number. Not having many friends doesn't mean you should be friends with a sicko.
You can make new friends.

BMW6 · 21/05/2025 21:20

OP you cannot be friends until you no longer love him. He's not thinking of your welfare in wanting to be "friends" - I strongly believe he wants to keep you dangling for sex/money/his ego.

If he genuinely cared anything about you he wouldn't be using you like this.

Please, please tell him to Fuck Off and block all forms of communication.

You can and will recover from this - if you maintain zero contact and give it time - a year seems to be the usual grieving period.

Flowers
Alicew00 · 21/05/2025 21:26

BMW6 · 21/05/2025 21:20

OP you cannot be friends until you no longer love him. He's not thinking of your welfare in wanting to be "friends" - I strongly believe he wants to keep you dangling for sex/money/his ego.

If he genuinely cared anything about you he wouldn't be using you like this.

Please, please tell him to Fuck Off and block all forms of communication.

You can and will recover from this - if you maintain zero contact and give it time - a year seems to be the usual grieving period.

Flowers

I never want to speak to him again. Ever. It feels like he discarded me so I'll do the same 😔

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BMW6 · 22/05/2025 09:46

Do so. He's a grown man and can fend for himself. You concentrate on yourself and YOUR wellbeing.
Think of it as recovering after a serious illness - take time, be gentle with yourself, eat well (little but often if you have no appetite), no alcohol, lose yourself in something as often as possible (books, gardening, embroidery, drawing for example).

I wish you a future of complete indifference to his existence!

Alicew00 · 22/05/2025 13:28

BMW6 · 22/05/2025 09:46

Do so. He's a grown man and can fend for himself. You concentrate on yourself and YOUR wellbeing.
Think of it as recovering after a serious illness - take time, be gentle with yourself, eat well (little but often if you have no appetite), no alcohol, lose yourself in something as often as possible (books, gardening, embroidery, drawing for example).

I wish you a future of complete indifference to his existence!

Thank you 💓

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