Why does my ex-friend keep following me on social and dating apps?

[MissSunshine2]

There’s this man who I’ll call Tom (not his real name). We were friends, I loved him and he deliberately led me on, because he liked my attention although he didn’t take me seriously as a love interest. There was always some excuse about why we had to postpone being together.

What I know about Tom is that he comes from a well to do, very academic family from an exclusive area. I’m someone from a comfortable but less privileged, academic background and I live in a cottage in a little, green suburb. I get the sense that Tom thought I wasn’t good enough for him.

Since we stopped talking, which was my decision, I’ve noticed that he keeps following me on social media, such as Facebook and Eventbrite. There’s a man who very closely resembles Tom who’s been trying to add me on a dating app, since Tom and I stopped talking.

[lilBigPotato]

You can try to block them, which might or might not work...

From my experience the best you often can do is simply ignore them... Just don't care and pretend they're not there and move on. If they don't get any reaction out of you, they often lose interest after some time.

[sage2021]

Because it was your decision to break up. If it had been his decision to break up, he probably wouldn't be following you as much. The need to know just wouldn't be there.

[sage2021]

Thank you for the MHO 🙂🧡

[Nikki1989]

Most websites have a block option; use it. Better still stay off those meaningless websites and apps. Gag is pointless enough.

[msc545]

Ask your friend, not us