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Posted by AbbyNormal
sounds normal if they had a normal marriage that ended amicably. use your intuition tho and talk to him about anything that bothers you about it. it's not worth building resentments over and I think he'd agree and try to avoid any unpleasantries with you. you both will have to talk and compromise if he chooses to keep contact with her.
He's my ex husband. I moved work and homes. I do not contact him. He looked up where I work now.. And sent it to me.
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sounds normal if they had a normal marriage that ended amicably. use your intuition tho and talk to him about anything that bothers you about it. it's not worth building resentments over and I think he'd agree and try to avoid any unpleasantries with you. you both will have to talk and compromise if he chooses to keep contact with her.
He's my ex husband. I moved work and homes. I do not contact him. He looked up where I work now.. And sent it to me.
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yeah I reread and tried to edit. mah bad...
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sounds normal if they had a normal marriage that ended amicably. use your intuition tho and talk to him about anything that bothers you about it. it's not worth building resentments over and I think he'd agree and try to avoid any unpleasantries with you. you both will have to talk and compromise if he chooses to keep contact with her.
He's my ex husband. I moved work and homes. I do not contact him. He looked up where I work now.. And sent it to me.
yeah I reread and tried to edit. mah bad...
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Sorry, I responded and then saw you edited it. Lol
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sounds normal if they had a normal marriage that ended amicably. use your intuition tho and talk to him about anything that bothers you about it. it's not worth building resentments over and I think he'd agree and try to avoid any unpleasantries with you. you both will have to talk and compromise if he chooses to keep contact with her.
He's my ex husband. I moved work and homes. I do not contact him. He looked up where I work now.. And sent it to me.
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this is definitely unhealthy. you have made strict boundaries for contact for your own reasons and he is not respecting that. he's obviously not in a good place for himself or he would be respecting your wishes. it's probably best to take action like a restraining order if you start to feel unsafe because of this unwanted, unwarranted contact. what he may seem as nice and caring is actually emotional manipulation and a power play. you need to at least make it clear once again that he is not to contact you for any reason (I can see if you share a child but really there's not much more than that to be excused).
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sounds normal if you had a normal marriage that ended amicably. he just still cares about you.
It ended horribly.

But how long will it take then for this to stop?



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it won't until you make it absolutely clear that it must, that his attention is unwanted. and even then, depending on how low he is, you may consider a restraining order just even as a final, tangible step for him to HAVE to obey or suffer consequences of the law.
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Is he genuinely nice or a manipulator?
Most of our marriage? Nice

The ending.. He was just plain horrible.. Not a manipulator though. More like selfish and then abusive when drunk.
Then maybe he's doing it to rectify his guilt for being such a c.unt?
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Yeah maybe. But geez it's been 2 years. I'm happy and moving on. But that could be it. I just wished he stop.
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sounds normal if you had a normal marriage that ended amicably. he just still cares about you.
It ended horribly.

But how long will it take then for this to stop?




it won't until you make it absolutely clear that it must, that his attention is unwanted. and even then, depending on how low he is, you may consider a restraining order just even as a final, tangible step for him to HAVE to obey or suffer consequences of the law.
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Yeah I tried to civil before as birthdays aren't the only times he's tried to contact me. But today I made it clear he needs to stop. The problem is his whole family loves me. His Mom and I were super close and he is super close to his Mom. I think that has made him want to try and keep me in his life? I have no idea. But you're right. He is the most stubborn man on this planet. I might have to do that.
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Tbh at first I was going to say it was sweet but then I thought about it for a minute, and I came to the conclusion that if my boyfriend's ex wife did this or he did this for her, I would fckin lose it
That's what I'm saying? Like his new gf isn't pissed that he's sending me all this and having it delivered?? I don't understand.

I even told him this. There's no way I'd be ok with that. I mean if you happen to see them and say Happy Birthday then fine, but that's a little much. And I'm happy..

It wouldn't be an issue if it was like a one time thing to say I'm sorry. That's it. But 2 years later?? This I don't understand
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Typical.

The person that things ended with thought it was going to be greener on the other side... And then he realized the reality! And now he has the nerve to be sending you stuff when you're both in different relationships. Disgusting.

And this is where some people get weak, end up taking dirt bags like this back, then the dirt bag gets comfortable and goes back to his douchey ways.

I say ignore him!
I know that mask of his well. I will not go back. I'm happy where I am in life. I don't even feel like this is respectful to my new relationship.
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Tbh at first I was going to say it was sweet but then I thought about it for a minute, and I came to the conclusion that if my boyfriend's ex wife did this or he did this for her, I would fckin lose it
That's what I'm saying? Like his new gf isn't pissed that he's sending me all this and having it delivered?? I don't understand.

I even told him this. There's no way I'd be ok with that. I mean if you happen to see them and say Happy Birthday then fine, but that's a little much. And I'm happy..

It wouldn't be an issue if it was like a one time thing to say I'm sorry. That's it. But 2 years later?? This I don't understand
All hell would break lose! What did your boyfriend think?
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He doesn't like it, but we just hit a year and I think he's more looking to see my reaction right now. And I would just ignore it if I was single or tell him to stop, but I'm not and I don't want him to think I'm ok with it or am somehow making this happen. It's not cool.

So finally came here for advice.. Maybe a restraining order is necessary.
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Fixed never lets go. Even if the romance is over, love remains.
I guess so.. It's been 2 years. Last birthday he sent me a gift, flowers, and a letter. I moved work because of it.
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I wouldn't make too much of it, unless he harasses you for a response. I think it's nice (unless3ss you separated under bad circumstances). Probably not necessarily trying to get you back or anything.

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sounds normal if you had a normal marriage that ended amicably. he just still cares about you.
It ended horribly.

But how long will it take then for this to stop?




it won't until you make it absolutely clear that it must, that his attention is unwanted. and even then, depending on how low he is, you may consider a restraining order just even as a final, tangible step for him to HAVE to obey or suffer consequences of the law.
Yeah I tried to civil before as birthdays aren't the only times he's tried to contact me. But today I made it clear he needs to stop. The problem is his whole family loves me. His Mom and I were super close and he is super close to his Mom. I think that has made him want to try and keep me in his life? I have no idea. But you're right. He is the most stubborn man on this planet. I might have to do that.

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omg. yes it makes it loads more difficult when the family loves you ( most likely bc you were the best thing that ever happened to him). simply put, it's not your problem anymore though. distance yourself in all ways possible or he will continue to try to "keep you" in his life.
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When I left my ex hubby... I left without a trace..... Changed everything number, job, the works.

U didn't realise Taurus men were like this.. . But not all of them are.... My Taurus friend of 27 cut his ex out of his life and doesn't even want her name mentioned.
I'm sure not all of them are. But you know what the crazy thing is? When I tell him what I think of his ways, he says stuff like "well I'm a Taurus." ?

But cut me out his life? No. That's the opposite of what's going to happen.. Even though he needs to so he can move on like I did.
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sounds normal if you had a normal marriage that ended amicably. he just still cares about you.
It ended horribly.

But how long will it take then for this to stop?




It's weird. Definitely strange.

How, don't acknowledge it.

As bad as it sounds you have better chances he'll stop.
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Yeah I have done that. Just threw it away, didn't say anything. It continues. Just threw me off when I got a couple of deliveries to work and one was from him, when I thought he didn't know where I worked. Afterwards I did the Google search and knew that's how he found me.

But at least this time he didn't actually come to my work. He did that before when I worked at the other place.
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How did he 'look up' and find where you worked? Limit the personal info you share on social media so he can't look you up again.
I happened to win an award at my new job. He was able to google my name with my city and state and it pops up since they put me on their website.
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Gutting! But congrats on the award. He's super stalker level! As a Scorp, I'm proud of him! ? Must be irritating though if he's in contact.
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sounds normal if you had a normal marriage that ended amicably. he just still cares about you.
It ended horribly.

But how long will it take then for this to stop?




It's weird. Definitely strange.

How, don't acknowledge it.

As bad as it sounds you have better chances he'll stop.
Yeah I have done that. Just threw it away, didn't say anything. It continues. Just threw me off when I got a couple of deliveries to work and one was from him, when I thought he didn't know where I worked. Afterwards I did the Google search and knew that's how he found me.

But at least this time he didn't actually come to my work. He did that before when I worked at the other place.
Yikes. Good for you though! Don't pay mind to whatever he sends you.

He's Taurus yea? I'll tell you something, they say fire men are explosive or Water men are too sensitive...but Earth men...when it's not over on their own terms, they can become quite scary.

Be careful, he sounds creepy.

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It definitley didn't end on his terms. I agree with you.
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Jane84,

He still not over yet. But if I were you I will tell him to stop and save your current relationship.

I shared you something part of being a snooper,

I saw an old email coming from an ex wife of my bull I am living With saying " thank you for greeting me on my birthday, I dont ask anything from an ex husband other than the flowers he sent". So he sent her flowers and greeted her.

I had a chance to asked him if he ever cried once. He said "yes"Divorced from first wife.15 yrs of marriage.

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Jane84,

He still not over yet. But if I were you I will tell him to stop and save your current relationship.

I shared you something part of being a snooper,

I saw an old email coming from an ex wife of my bull I am living With saying " thank you for greeting me on my birthday, I dont ask anything from an ex husband other than the flowers he sent". So he sent her flowers and greeted her.

I had a chance to asked him if he ever cried once. He said "yes"Divorced from first wife.15 yrs of marriage.


Yeah I told him to stop. I've done that before too..

How long has it been since your guy has been divorced?

The thing is my ex and I didn't just split up for a small reason. He was physically abusive and treated me like I was nothing. Then once I left him and got back on my feet he started wanting to come back into my life. Now he's still sending me stuff 2 years later. I just want it to stop.