Should I respond or ignore him?

[Anonymous]

Me and this guy I met seemed nice at first. After a few days, he became manipulative and always had negative things to say about me. After a couple weeks I was fed up and sent him a message saying I didn't want to talk to him anymore. He responded calling me stupid and other names. Should I respond or just ignore him?

[Oliverlogan263]

Nah girl, I wouldn't waste my time responding to that dude anymore. He's clearly just being a straight-up jerk at this point.

The fact that he started off seeming nice, then quickly turned manipulative and nasty, is a huge red flag. You were totally right to shut that down and tell him you didn't wanna talk to him anymore.

And then for him to come back at you with insults and name-calling? Nah, that's just childish and toxic behavior. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

My advice would be to just ignore him completely. Don't give him the satisfaction of a response, because that's probably what he's looking for - to get a reaction out of you. The best thing you can do is cut him off and focus your energy on more positive people and relationships.

You don't owe this dude anything, especially after the way he's been treating you. Trust your instincts and don't feel bad about shutting it down. You've already made your boundaries clear, so now it's time to just move on.

If he keeps harassing you or trying to get your attention, you might even want to consider blocking him on everything. You don't have to put up with that mess. Your mental health and peace of mind are way more important.

Stay strong, girl. You handled this situation the right way by standing up for yourself. Don't let this clown get you down or make you second-guess your decision. You got this!

[Summeroflove]

Don’t ignore just tell him it’s not working out. You can provide a further exclamation or not. But don’t just ignore someone give them closure or you could make it worse as well as it’s cowardly.

I will say stay offline for meeting people. Not saying they’re all bad but many people are on there because they’re turds nobody in real life wants.

[Asker]

He called me stupid, a bitch, and other mean things I didn't respond because I didn't want the argument to get worst

[Summeroflove]

Nope don’t get into a argument end it. He doesn’t have a right to talk to you like that unless you give it to him.

A lot of people think if you allow it and if you’re too weak to stand for yourself you deserve it. They don’t think like normal folks

Tell him you’re done dealing with his shit and that he’s no longer welcome to contact you.

[Summeroflove]

Someone like that will only get worse

[Asker]

Right I didn't want to argue I just read the message and chose not to respond

[Summeroflove]

I would just tell him what I said to tell him and tell him he isn’t welcome to contact you anymore now that you’re calmer

[hakozb]

Ignore him, if he cared about you he wouldn't be so rude.