So he broke up with me 4-months ago, saying “he loves me but isn’t in love with me” he’s an avoidantly attached person, everything he said was textbook!
We bumped into eachother at a crowded event (thousands of people) I didn’t know he was going nor did he know I mean I decided last minute to go anyway, it’s not something he’d have known I’d be there for or not, this was first time we saw eachother since he broke everything off, it was awkward pleasantries!
Since then about 3-days after he text me first time since breaking up, saying “sorry for the awkward hi, and how are you, I understand if you decide to ghost me”
I was taken a back, my therapists says that was expected avoidants do exactly that! But I politely replied saying “I’m good thanks hope you’re well”
He replied “thank you, I hope one day you can forgive me” to which I asked “thank you for what?”
He replied with “because you said hope you’re well”
At this point I thought conversation was over and that’s it, these few texts spanned over like 3-days, I didn’t reply straight away cause I was confused why he’s texting me, but then he text saying “I still have Lego flowers at home that we’re gonna be for you, you can have them if you want, consider it a peace offering, i under if you don’t want them”
I was very confused with this one it took me a day to reply to that, all I said was “a peace offering? I’m not sure what you expect me to say right now”
He left that on unread for 2days and then opened it and didn’t reply, what was the point in him bothering to text for?
What the hell is going though his mind?
We bumped into eachother at a crowded event (thousands of people) I didn’t know he was going nor did he know I mean I decided last minute to go anyway, it’s not something he’d have known I’d be there for or not, this was first time we saw eachother since he broke everything off, it was awkward pleasantries!
Since then about 3-days after he text me first time since breaking up, saying “sorry for the awkward hi, and how are you, I understand if you decide to ghost me”
I was taken a back, my therapists says that was expected avoidants do exactly that! But I politely replied saying “I’m good thanks hope you’re well”
He replied “thank you, I hope one day you can forgive me” to which I asked “thank you for what?”
He replied with “because you said hope you’re well”
At this point I thought conversation was over and that’s it, these few texts spanned over like 3-days, I didn’t reply straight away cause I was confused why he’s texting me, but then he text saying “I still have Lego flowers at home that we’re gonna be for you, you can have them if you want, consider it a peace offering, i under if you don’t want them”
I was very confused with this one it took me a day to reply to that, all I said was “a peace offering? I’m not sure what you expect me to say right now”
He left that on unread for 2days and then opened it and didn’t reply, what was the point in him bothering to text for?
What the hell is going though his mind?
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After an avoidant says something intimate like the Lego flowers, he uses distancing tactics to try and ruin the intimacy he just created by texting that. He probably didn't initially want to read the text because he suddenly worried that you would want to come over to get them, and make him feel that his boundaries are being crossed (due to his attachment style). The reason why he texted you to start with about those flowers was probably to keep you hoping to get back together. He probably didn't like how easily you took it when he broke up with you, so he feels safe chasing after you now.
Some people don’t think normally. Many times we don’t want to know what is going on insomeome else’s mind. You just don’t.