Why did my ex boyfriend send a check up on you text after a month since we stopped talking?

[FluffyKitten]

My ex boyfriend and I broke up on may because I couldn't communicate with him and started losing feelings for him but we kept in touch with each other but then we stopped talking for 3 weeks after an argument and I reached out first and we started having meals together

One day when I was looking through his phone I found messages from a former friend group talking bad about me calling me a pick me girl and a crazy b*tch and I lashed out at him and telling him that I want to hit him and I told him to leave me alone and I want nothing to do with him but I didn't block him and after a month he texted me, checking up on me and even sent me a funny video to cheer me up, should I reply to him?

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6 mo

Update: He didn't talk about about me, he was only present in that friend group but didn't say anything, that friend group was only spreading rumours and calling me names to dissuade him from getting back with me

[SueShe]

If you want the entire circus to go on and on, then you reply. If, on the other hand, you want your peace and are adamant about leaving the past behind you, then you don't answer.

I fail to see why you even want react to his text, knowing that he will never change. By ignoring his text, you signal that the past is behind you and that you have started a life without him. You gave him a second chance but he stabbed you in the back by revealing his true identity in the text to his friends.

If that is how much he cares, then you should leave him alone because you know he will never change. You take him back and the routine will take over.

[FluffyKitten]

oh he didn't talk bad about me in that friend group, iirc they were just calling me those names and spreading rumours about me to dissuade him from coming back to me. When we were dating I think was the one that was hurting him, he was the sweetest boyfriend I could ask for

[SueShe]

A man that calls the woman he is supposed to love a b***h and a pick me girl is not the type of man I would ever want to be with. That is the kind of person that thinks very low of women in general.

[FluffyKitten]

nonono he didn't talk bad about me, I snooped around and found out him didn't trash talk about me or anything and even tried to defend me

[Exol129]

He still love you but if you lost feeling for him it's best if you don't text him, nothing. Exes can't be friends and if you wanna be with him tell him to ditch the friend group

[Anonymous]

Texts are emotionless, therefore largely trivial and meaningless.

[Pterodon]

He’s horny and can’t find someone else

[FluffyKitten]

He's not, we've dated for about a year and he has never once asked for intercourse it was always me that askes for it, he even says that he rather spend a night at the oceanside or taking a walk with me than doing it but he doesn't say no when I ask for it

[In_Trance]

stop interacting with your ex

[Anonymous]

It’s the other girls fault