I broke up with my boyfriend last month. I tried so hard to make it work, but things were beyond repair. We were both left devastatingly broken-hearted and it has been awful. I did everything I could to leave on a note of love and compassion and only want the best for him.

I found myself obsessing after the breakup and checking his social media all the time, so I unfollowed him. I allowed him to continue following me to let him make that decision to cut that tie in his own time. Now every time I post a story to Instagram, I find myself obsessively waiting to see when he watches it. It’s the one line of connection that I feel like we have. He’s still interested in my life and watches every single one.

I feel like it’s unhealthy for me to look for that, but I also don’t want to hurt him by suddenly removing him. Does anyone have some advice? I feel like I have three options here:

1. Suck it up for now and wait for him to make the decision to unfollow

2. Remove him without saying anything

3. Send him a text telling him that I’m about to remove him and why, making sure he knows it’s not because I don’t care

Thoughts?