Why would an ex randomly block you months later when you’ve had no contact and don’t follow each other to begin with?

[Anonymous]

I’ve read that it means they’ve moved on or completely done but blocking is emotional response. If you were done , wouldn’t you just leave it as is?

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And if you’re going to write some pointless response that doesn’t answer anything, I’ll just remove the comment

[JT017]

I was actually going to ask about this same topic today. Weird.

I was going to ask what would be the appropriate time to block your ex.

But I'm (M35) going to be the one blocking her. After after a 16 year relationship I noticed she moved on REALLY quick (2 weeks after breakup). I haven't even moved out of the apartment yet. She wants to stay as friends but I just cannot stand the way she did that.

Reason why is because I'll just be hurting myself seeing updates on her life. I'd rather not do that to myself. So blocking stops her from trying to convince me everything is fine when it's not. Especially after i spent half my life with her and we have a daughter.

[Asker]

In my opinion, if it’s hurting you and you feel as if you’ll be constantly checking her social media, then block her. To me that sounds reasonable and makes sense. However I am talking about why an ex would do this months later when we don’t really have any contact at all and I’ve already blocked him months ago. Why would a guy do that out of nowhere? We see eachother at work and we do share small talk if he initiates it but nothing really more.

[JT017]

You never know what someone is feeling when they're not around you. I'm currently living with my ex because the breakup was fairly recent. On the surface I do make small talk and have small chat with her from time to time. But when I'm not around her it hurts. Not because I want her back but because I missed the great times we had together.

I'm not sure how is with your ex and that relationship but I would think that he might have started getting feelings for you again and decided to stop it, at least from the social media aspect.

[Asker]

Maybe that’s similar to my situation from the sound of it. He just walked in and said good morning as if he didn’t just randomly block me Friday night lol. I don’t understand? Lol

[Anonymous]

I blocked mine when I was finally ready to fully move on. I didn’t want him in my life anymore in any way so blocking was the answer. Also deleted his number and all. If Ieft everything as it is then he might pop up on my timeline or something down the line and I don’t want to see that lol just want to move forward with life and focus on my new relationship