“You have to let him go. That means when he tries to text you to talk about his problems, you don’t reply. It means when he blows up your phone trying to get your attention, you don’t respond. It means you block him from all social media so that you don’t see if he’s having a ‘bad time’ or if he’s having a ‘good time’ without you. It means you have to burn the bridge.”

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