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10 years later I'll be in the same town as my ex. Should I message her

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Let me preface this by saying, this isn't about moving on. This breakup was messy and painful, and I know when I was not healed and when I finally felt healed, and it was a very gradual process. So, 10 years ago, I was in a bit of a situationship with a girl. She was 18 at the time, I was 20 at the time. We had been friends for 5 years. We never dated, but we talked almost every day. Of note, she was not dating anybody at the time, and I had a very brief 2-week relationship amidst this friendship, but that was it. But after 5 years, this girl went full abandonment/ghost. Cut off communication, blocked, no conversation, no closure. I also happened to feel like I was pretty close with her family. Her sister also did the complete cutoff, and her brother insulted me. This affected me so much, that I wound up in mental health. (Essentially, whilst ruminating over the breakup, I began having hallucinations that police were after me, so I turned myself into the police for a crime I didn't commit - this likely stems from my family history with schizophrenic bipolar and schizophrenia). It was during this that the police called that family, which I am sure made everything super weird and awkward.) In any event, her dad did give me a conversation, saying there's no animosity, but that they were working on boundaries, and the boundary was that I needed to give her space to process. While I didn't contact her, we had a lot of mutual friends, and there were a few who I vented my frustrations to that probably went back and told them if I'm honest. But truth be told, I never tried reaching out to the girl herself. In fact, I unfriended her on FB so I wouldn't be tempted (She did technically restrict the message function first, but never fully blocked me). She later blocked me on IG (I was just scrolling through stories and accidentally saw hers, so that's probably why). So, basically, messy breakup, no closure/explanation. I would move away several months later. Now, what's interesting, is for the next few years, her mom and sister would occasionally like my social media posts or wish me a happy birthday, as if everything was cool, yet never actually talking to me. Eventually, for my own sanity, I blocked them. Not as punishment, but I just needed to heal from everything. In the subsequent years, life changed a lot, I moved around a bit. I went to mental health regularly, and after a good chunk of time, I honestly feel like I processed that loss. I'm usually a very easily forgiving person, but this one was the first I actively had to "try" to forgive, and it was hard. But during this time, I also got a travel job. I do know the girl had moved for college, but had no idea what happened to her after that. Well, lo and behold, 10 years after the incident, my travel job is sending me to this obscure small town. I was looking for things to do in the area, and lo and behold, this girl's profile popped up as a staff member for one of these places. And this isn't like, near her original town where I would expect to see her - this is practically other side of the country. So, I'm in a predicament. There is a high likelihood we will run into each other. I don't want this shocking awkward moment, nor do I want any accusations of stalking. I don't intend to visit where she works, but I do feel like sending a message letting her know of the situation would at least ease the tension/shock factor. If I do write the email, it would read like this: "Hello (Name), I know we haven't spoken in a while, but I just found out my work is sending me to (town). I was looking at things to do, and that's when I stumbled across your work profile. I'm not asking for you to do anything, but I wanted to let you know, because I don't want this to come as a surprise. I have tried respecting your need for space, but also didn't want my presence to come as this awkward shock should we cross paths. I am happy to continue respecting your space should you wish, but the door is also open if you do want to talk again." again, no idea if this would even reach her. But I feel like I'm in a bit of a pickle.

10 years later I'll be in the same town as my ex. Should I message her

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It sounds a lot like working for NY Historical Society museum NYC want me sign whistleblower protection document refused to sign I did nothing wrong they did, cause me be on Medicaid for decade prevent me getting decent job, still harass to this day their whistleblower retaliation, I think we can all relate this behavior in and out of workplace

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