Hi Poppyxo,

If he has religiously been paying, say, $100 a month, I would leave the WhatsApp and private number open. I had an old friend of mine (another post for another day) and whenever he sent a weird text, I would answer with a VERY occasional emoji in response. So he didn’t feel all the rejection, but he wasn’t getting into a conversation with me either.

If your ex has been paying very erratically or not at all, I would view the $2000 as a life lesson: Don’t loan or lend money again. In your next relationship if you are tempted to give money you would want back, truthfully tell the person that your ex ruined it for the rest of you.

In short, bite the bullet and block the ex once and for all.

Good Luck,

Inky