Hello gentlemen, Long story short, in order to fully get over my ex, and to prove to myself a friendship is possible, I finally stopped ignoring my ex 3 years after our break up. (f 26, m 24, dated 2.5 years).

He and I will text/snapchat. It's pretty evident though that I'm not a priority tho. We text back and forth, and suddenly after 6:00pm he waits til the next morning to answer, or drops checking snapchats over the weekend mid conversation. Rude??

I'm most hurt bc of all I've done for him. I helped him all through his undergrad, and he mainly blamed me for the times he got an A- and not an A. He's starting grad school at an Ivy League tomorrow, and honestly I'm persevering through medical school now, but happy to be here.

I gave a chance to being friends, but he only seems to be interested to text when he thinks I'm in the same city. If he really wanted to be friends, wouldn't he text me more or want to talk on the phone? (He is the quite type INTJ). But recently, he read and watched a lot about pickup and in my opinion manipulating people, and being sleazy. Just want to make sure he's not trying to use text games/ tricks on me. It would really hurt to be degraded to that level. Any tips to make it easier to avoid being hurt by his lack of initiative to communicate like he respects me? Or should I cut communication off entirely when he takes texting with me this lightly? Just was trying to stay on good terms with ex's instead of burning bridges like I'm used to doing. But it's hard especially now that I respect myself, and when your ex was as big of an unappreciative jerk as he was.

TLTR: What to do to tell in situations like these. Appreciate it.