It happened.
He was the one who demanded no contact, who cut things off abruptly and told me to my face "I don't ever want to see or hear from you again." He said all those cruel things, literally moved across the country, hopped into another relationship quickly (I hear they already broke up). I have never seen bridges burned as charred and completely as this man. It took everything I had to get through those first 2 months and not break NC, but after ~2 months life seemed so much better without them. I healed. I found new friends. I was doing great.
... and then, 10 months of no contact later, guess who pops up in my texts (I didn't block him, just deleted his number).
"I was just missing [shared hobby that we used to do together]. I went to try it out in my new city and it reminded me of [a significant event a few years ago]."
Okay bro. I get that you're too avoidant to actually say the words "I miss you". But also, how dare you try to pretend like everything is okay like we're friends again, when you know you did me dirty?
Of course I left him on read. Fuck that shit.