After 21 days of no contact, he contacted me. He told me he was in town (we were long distance) and then he got drunk at a bar and kept trying to get me to meet him. I replied once and said let’s talk tomorrow. We got coffee, then coffee turned into drinks and we spent the night together. He left this morning. I said everything I wanted to say, got answers from him and told him where he messed up/how he hurt me and he held himself accountable. He told me he had a panic attack (continued)

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(Continued) shortly after our last visit and detached from work and everyone around him and knew he needed to let me go and focus on himself. The last month has been painful and really hard for me but I feel like going through last night and having all my truth and feelings out there let me close the door a bit on him. I don’t feel hate or anger now, still sad but I feel like I did everything I could and can turn the page on this chapter now.

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Spending the night together after breaking up is dangerous.

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It was closure 🙄😆💃🏻

Wow, I’m glad that experience gave you clarity 🙏🏽 very happy for how far you’ve come.

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