Also important to note, in his replies, he said he would’ve wanted to get back together at some point after we broke up, but knows that it’s futile now. I feel like his feelings towards me might’ve been more romantic than mine ever were towards him. I don’t miss him as a person or as a boyfriend, I honestly only miss him sometimes as a lover.

The source of my guilt doesn’t stem from that because I’ve made peace with that fact. It stems from entertaining a conversation with him at all and now feeling like I’m unconsciously hurting my current partner.