Ok, so I am pretty forward when it comes to texting. I'm direct, don't beat around the bush and have a set of texts that I send to every girl who I match with on Tinder. It's pretty polarizing but I have found it works for quarantine to filter out all the girls who are time-wasting and just wanna talk.

Anyway, I run the game on this girl and I ask her if she's DTF after some investment from her. She goes silent then a few days later I get a Snapchat from her ex saying "when I see you next, I'll break your neck dickhead"

Also, I noticed his friend posted a pic of us three from years ago on his Instagram, it's like there's some competition going on between me and these two guys that I didn't even begin. They've just piped up ever since I became a DJ.

We went to school together so people think we are still friends even though we don't talk. But I really wasn't trying to backstab him or whatever. He has always had a bit of a jealously towards me.

What I am worried about is my reputation. The guy has a pretty strong influence in my local town and even in my work bubble(both work in night clubs) so obvs I don't want this guy to be chatting shit about me and saying I tried to fuck his ex or whatever he comes up with. When in reality, I just ran polarizing tinder game and she had a big mouth - after all, she did match with me and on his Facebook, it says SINGLE lmao.

I really can't be arsed going to his level, I barely use social media so it's pretty funny to me really.

Anyway can I stop him chatting shit? Try to reason with him? Or perhaps I was in the wrong?

What to do?