Would you even read an email from someone who you absolutely hate?

I might be curious to see what they had written but if I hated them as much as you say you hate this person, I wouldn't answer unless they wrote something that made me think maybe I was wrong to hate them. Anyhow hate is a strong word to use about someone you once had a relationship with.

I agree, hate is such a strong word and really, is a waste of energy.

Perhaps she wanted to apologise? 2 years is a long time, maybe things have changed for her, perhaps as a result of what happened she attempted to better herself? More than likely she needed some form of closure, I tend to think if someone emails after that long and after a nasty breakup that could be the reasoning.

I think I would be curious and I agree, if there was nothing in there that mattered to my life, or something perhaps I should have read/heard I just wouldn't answer. If she is just after closure and says sorry? I don't think there is any harm in saying, thanks good luck with your life and even block the address if you want after that.

An act of kindness can go a long way and can also surely make you simply forget what happened and just move on with your life as well without having that previous last thought, rather this one.

Sure, what the hell. Although I doubt Hitler would be emailing me.

Seriously, I don't hate people that much. Exes? Meh. I don't think of them anymore. And I have heard from some. Mostly, they're people kind of like me, married, sometimes not. Usually not looking for anything or at least not openly looking for anything. I don't wish them ill, but then again none of them were nuts.

I had a relationship with this person for 2 years, the psychotic acts happened a couple of weeks ago and the breakup was almost 2 months ago.

If things are very fresh, you may want to block the person from contacting you on social media for a while. At least til everyone's calmed down.

Would you ever unblock them?

I'd probably wait at least 3 - 6 months and then see how things are.

I'm friends, real and virtual, with people I dated 20/30/40 years ago. After the heat of the break-up is over, we've usually remembered why we were friends to begin with and returned to that good place.

I think that if you were with her for 2 years, you don't "hate" her, rather something went wrong as it does with relationships that has left a sour taste in your mouth. She obviously can't cope with the break up. 2 Months isn't a long time. I probably would do what Beth suggested, if you aren't ready to speak to her and don't want to go back with her, to block her for a while let things calm down.

Alright. Ill wait things out and see if I still feel the same towards her since it happened only a couple of weeks ago.

Yeah. I think i will block her on all social media and her number and wait to see how i feel about how much i want her to be involved in my life.

Let us hope she doesn't use a blocked address to announce a law suit.

Why would she want a law suit if i block her?

It takes 20 seconds to open the email and get an idea what it is about. Ya, I would do that, I can spare the 20 seconds, and it might turn out to be worth even more time. Maybe they are letting me know that an old friend of both of ours is back in town, who knows.

I would read the email, because if I don't I will always be wondering what's in the email. Not knowing what is in the email may eat me up inside. It might be an apology. Maybe there is some kind of closure. You don't have to reply unless you want to.

A lawsuit? Why are you worried about a lawsuit for not reading an email? If you're not reading her email, how would you know she's threatening you in that way? Is there something missing here?

Leaving aside the implications about your mental health implicit in the opening post, i'll just observe that there are precious few people whom i hate, and none of them have my email address.