Not sure what other people’s blocked lists looks like, but I feel as though mine are kinda long. I am a firm believer in out of sight out of mind, and it seems to work for me. Through the years I have racked up a long list of blocked accounts and blocked numbers. Some of my friends say I shouldn’t be this way. I don’t think it stems from bitterness. For a while I thought if interacting with someone online or hearing from them via text or call made me very upset it made sense to block them and move on. Now that I’m a bit older I wonder if maybe I’m taking the easy way out. I feel like now I can handle these problems better than I did before before. Should I keep these people blocked (if it ain’t broke don’t fix it) or unblock them and handle life as it comes, trying to be more adult by either just ignoring them or explaining to them why they haven’t heard from me. OR am I just subconsciously curious about who still isn’t over me.... yikes
What provoked this question is a situation I just experienced. I deleted an ex flame’s number, but didn’t block him. About a year later he text me. I asked who it was, he said “Joe” (not his real name). I said Joe who? because his name is actually fairly common. He responded “Joe from [University]”. I told him the reason I deleted his number was because he treated me badly while we dated. I said thanks for reaching out but please don’t try to contact me anymore. He then proceeded to pretend to be someone else. He said “I’m Joe from THE BAR. You must have been so drunk you don’t remember” and then tried to fake slut shame me with a situation that never happened. Around that time I had been very serious about school and had hardly gone out at all, not to mention the fact that I have never blacked out in my life. I looked on my computer, where I have all texts saved and the number texting me was in fact Joe, my old flame.
I understand he was in the wrong here, and that was a psycho thing to do. I was proud of how I handled the situation, but to be honest it made me pretty upset for a few days. That’s why I’m asking to begin with. Thanks everyone
Submitted January 29, 2019 at 09:34AM by wrm18 http://bit.ly/2G5uFso