Hi there, I've been thinking. Back in August/late July, I broke up with my ex for doing something terrible and I really felt so relieved that I would no longer have to deal with any of those problems again, thanks to my LIBERATING decision... BUT, I'm now starting to feel a certain way and I'm not entirely sure how exactly. Bad, perhaps??

After the break up, we tried being friends which worked for two days but it didn't work out at all. So I decided to say goodbye before I blocked him so it wasn't like I'd be ghosting him as I thought he deserved a "heads up, I'm leaving" message, you know?? However, I blocked before he could reply, for good reason, in my opinion - he was manipulative and me leaving wasn't up for discussion. He did some really awful things I won't mention so at the time , when it was all fresh, I didn't want to hear his response as I was pretty disappointed still.

Then, a month or two later, he messages me on a dating app as if nothing ever happened so I told him not to message unless he was serious about being just friends - I never heard anything back.

NOW I'm confused and conflicted

IN SHORT should I unblock my ex and talk out why I had to block him? Because I feel a little bit of guilt for not letting him respond even though he'd done bad things and disappointed me. I don't want to date him again, it just feels strange not at least being civil. Thoughts?