[header] How to ignore your mean ex boyfriend [title] Avoid contact. [step] Don't initiate any contact with your ex, including phone calls, texts, emails, messages on social media, and in-person conversations. If he tries to initiate contact with you, don't respond. 
[substeps] Depending on the situation, you may want to respond to a text or email by simply telling your ex that you are not interested in talking to him. If he is being completely unreasonable, don't bother responding.