Mystery...

A friend of ours has had a bit of a tough time over the usual challenge of ‘falling for a guy’. It all happened in the most inconvenient circumstances, and, after keeping her state to herself for as long as she could, her feelings eventually poured out, as such intense feelings must. His response was telling her to never contact him again. She understood this and tried everything in her power to do so, but seriously, listening to her stories and living through some experiences with her, it was genuinely like the universe was not going to let her let it go at all. She fought her battle for months and then eventually decided the best way to move on was to get him to block her from his Facebook account. She figured that would be a great way to tangibly erase him, because if you don’t exist on Facebook these days, then you don’t exist, and it would tell her soul for absolute definite that she was not wanted and her soul must take the rejection once and for all. Now, she has three accounts: family & friends, work and an internet dating pseudonym one. She messaged him off the friends’ one with her request and he blocked her. It took her a month to deal with the rejection, but she knew it was for her own good. Once she was back on good ground she sent the work one, and he obliged and blocked her. Once again she felt the rejection and let it settle. She then sent the third one about two months ago, then again a month ago, and again 2 weeks ago and he hasn’t blocked the pseudonym one… she is stumped and doesn’t know what to do because it has spoiled her whole plan of erasing him and adhering to his wishes to never contacting him (she did apologise for her requests that she had to make by contacting him)… we were all encouraging her to “get blocked” and erase him, but now we’re not sure what to advise her… Are there people who don’t check their Facebook for two months? We sat and had a long chat about it all and came up with possibilities, but we aren’t sure, what do you think? Here’s what we came up with: 1. It’s a male pride thing. He won’t be told what to do / submit to a woman’s requests. 2. A power game / ego thing. He enjoys the attention. 3. Guilt. Battling to block someone who at the end of the day was actually far too nice to him (and for him!). 4. A shame thing, for overreacting all those months ago. 5. A truce, that he isn’t angry or defensive anymore. 6. A deliberating thing, like he is weighing options. 7. A freezing thing. He doesn’t know what to do… Which of the options is the winning number?