hi y’all ❣️ hope everyone is well. honestly i’m doing pretty shittily lately and need a pick me up (in form of attention)… thinking about reaching back out to someone i dated a couple years ago – the one that got away, if you will. we were both in undergrad, i was an idiot and SUPER anti drugs, and one night while super fucked up i told him i didn’t like how he’d brought me to a party just to smoke even though i didn’t and was honestly not okay with it. a few days later he broke it off, which was okay because if he hadn’t, i would’ve. my feelings were still hurt, though, and he also got really upset with me and deleted me on everything after i spitefully matched with his best friend on some dating app. despite all the messiness of the ending, we had a really great time while together, even though it was short.. and since then he’s always kind of been stuck in the back of my head, in a what if kind of way.
anyways, flash forward to a few months ago when, on a late night whim, i requested him on instagram. the next day i woke up absolutely hating myself but was surprised to find that he’d accepted and also requested me! part of me knew he would, because honestly i’m spectacular and i used to provide some really good content, but the other part of me was really piqued. he swiped up on a story that week and i foolishly ignored it to be coy. now, currently, i’m grappling with some annoying personal issues, feeling shitty, and once again am thinking of a long ago ex. i kept my eyes out for a post or something on his instagram, but he’s not very active. i also downloaded bumble in hopes that i might swipe past him (we awkwardly matched right after things fizzled out between us) but no luck there either.
i know it’s just a little bit of loneliness and a lot of comfort seeking, but i wanna reach out. it’s the middle of a global pandemic, for god’s sake.
so should i reach out? if you were in his shoes, would you respond?
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