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So I broke up with my boyfriend about two months ago because he decided to study abroad for 6 months and not really discuss it with me..Long story short I unfollowed him on Instagram and Twitter, but we follow mutual people so I always see other people liking his pictures while he's on his trip and they're really good. I know he really wants me to follow him back again because he's always telling me about his page, and I've been considering it.

I'm starting to move on and have considered following him again because I check his page on a regular basis anyways..should I refollow him or will this only hurt me?

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yeh think about the worse scenario, how would you feel if you see him posting a picture of him kissing a girl?

 

if you wouldn't be bothered about it then follow him, why not

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So I broke up with my boyfriend about two months ago because he decided to study abroad for 6 months and not really discuss it with me..Long story short I unfollowed him on Instagram and Twitter, but we follow mutual people so I always see other people liking his pictures while he's on his trip and they're really good. I know he really wants me to follow him back again because he's always telling me about his page, and I've been considering it.

I'm starting to move on and have considered following him again because I check his page on a regular basis anyways..should I refollow him or will this only hurt me?

 

 

........no

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The only time you should follow or even become friends with an Ex is when you have lost all romantic feelings for that ex and when you think of him, all you feel is indifferent towards him. Basically, if you see a pic of him kissing other girl under a palm tree and the only thing it does is remind you that you need to pick up banana's, then you're good to go!

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social media does nothing but destroy people after a breakup and i can totally see how someone who gets dumped would remove the other person cause its too hurtful, especially if the dumper starts living a crazy life posting pictures every day which is probably the meanest thing you could do.

 

 

however. if you break up with someone i dont see why you would delete him. maybe this is just me personally but i would stop using social media for a while out of respect. i can totally see how it can be hard for the dumper too but i think its better to let time heal, cause after a few months you as a dumper will be fine with seeing pictures of him as long as you broke up with him because you didn't love him anymore. sorry but there are way to many questions about social media.. should i block him? should i add him? i'd say dont use it if it bothers you. let the one you break up with as long as he wasnt abusive decide if he wants to see pictures of you. just my two cents.

 

 

most likely he wants you back.

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social media does nothing but destroy people after a breakup and i can totally see how someone who gets dumped would remove the other person cause its too hurtful, especially if the dumper starts living a crazy life posting pictures every day which is probably the meanest thing you could do.

 

 

however. if you break up with someone i dont see why you would delete him. maybe this is just me personally but i would stop using social media for a while out of respect. i can totally see how it can be hard for the dumper too but i think its better to let time heal, cause after a few months you as a dumper will be fine with seeing pictures of him as long as you broke up with him because you didn't love him anymore. sorry but there are way to many questions about social media.. should i block him? should i add him? i'd say dont use it if it bothers you. let the one you break up with as long as he wasnt abusive decide if he wants to see pictures of you. just my two cents.

 

 

most likely he wants you back.

 

Thank you for being civil about it. I know it was a dumb question to post in the first place, but probably because I was overthinking it way too much anyways. It does hurt sometimes because even though I broke up with him, his life appears way more exciting now because he's in Asia living it up. He was still following me even though I broke up with him, and I would still see his pictures even though I wasn't following him, so I decided I should just follow him anyways. We had a great friendship so hopefully one day we can just go back to being friends

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As you are the dumper you don't mind seeing his pics and if he sees someone else, you no doubt will be able to cope, as you made the decision to split.

 

BUT as the dumpee he may see you following him as a sign you want to get back with him and if you do then OK but if you don't, then do not get his hopes up to get them dashed again.

 

Dumpers often want to be just friends with dumpees, but most dumpees cannot handle it as they really want more.

Once you unblock, he will be able to see your pics, but as you are moving on, then at one point your new bf may be starring in them, that may upset the dumpee again, so think carefully.

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I would say the answer to this is "When you no longer care" but by then, there really is no point anyway. So the answer really is "never."

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