
As someone who was in a toxic online relationship and a toxic online “friendship” idk what to call that one. I can confirm..blocking them and deleting their contact was so refreshing and low-key easy when you realize you literally DON’T have to deal with ts. Harder when they actually knew you but WAAAAY easier when you don’t share your personal info. If you’ve been blackmailed tho? I fear this isn’t easy.
There’s a wild podcast episode of two sisters who where dating cousins thro an online relationship, never met in person and it was super toxic like one sister was like angry crying every other day and come to find out it was the sisters friend pretending to be these two cousins to mess with the girls. Insane
I mean yeah I get it. But also consider that people in online relationships can still be in certain situations. Such as getting blackmailed, relying on their abuser for money, being victims of sextortion, having a child with their abuser, being emotionally manipulated into staying, etc. It’s never that easy, even if it seems as easy to us as just blocking the person.
My ex as a kid was someone I knew IRL but I moved away completely so we had no way of seeing each other in person at all. Buddy started acting up and threatening to kill himself and shit and I just randomly realized after draining myself that the block button exists and I’ll never see bro again. So I did just that and I in fact never seen him or talked to him again 😭