Should I reply to his apology or ignore it? :(

[bloopmooples]

Today I got a text, from my ex boyfriend...we had a really hard break up. He called me and basically cursed me out and then called me all sorts of mean words, that I've never been called before and it tore me apart and I've not been crying about the breakup, but the harsh words he said.

Anyhow we haven't been speaking to each other since, lol it's been like 3 days. He texts me today saying that he apologizes for what he said to me the other day and that he just feels guilty and upset about the whole thing, and he needed to get that off his chest...I haven't said anything. I want to tell him it's okay and that it really hurt me. But I don't know if I should...

Would replying imply that I still care about him.

Or is it best to just not reply?

I've been waiting for him to apologize for quite a while, that's all I really wanted and now I feel closure.

[Anonymous]

Kinda sounds like my break up.. She left me and never looked back. Didn't answer calls, emails, texts, nothing. I even wrote her a letter and left it on her car. The longer I went being ignored, the more hurt I felt and the more I drank.. I ended up sending her emails where I said mean things, and I completely regret them. I apologized and still haven't heard back. Since then, haven't heard anything from her. It kills and she's just pushing me further away.

[Belgie]

Replying would not imply that you care about him, IMO.

Not if your reply was, as you said "It's okay, but that really hurt me."

Or even something more final like "Thanks for the apology. I think I needed that, for closure sake."

Something like that would definitely indicate that you do not care about him in the same way as before.

[WovenEclipse]

aww well I think since he was decent enough to apologize you should reply :)