Newbie - bf suddenly left after 9 years

[Italian]

We only had about 6 months living together, and 2 more months when he says he started feeling funny (inciting incident: his sister had a baby which he refused to accept). But you're right, I did see the signs. I even told him I felt neglected, that we spoke more when I lived in another country. He barely acknowledged me at home, barely spoke to me, then started texting OW all the time in the last few weeks.

To be honest I'm not sure if it will get worse. We have no reason to keep in contact, and I'll be staying abroad as much as I can to avoid the whole thing and have fun with my friends. At the moment, I think we're just never going to speak again, and that will be it.

On the one hand, I feel lucky because I don't have to go through all the crap I read about on this board. But on the other hand, it hurts me that he can just never look back or speak to me again for no good reason whatsoever after so long. At least if he stuck around stringing me along I would know he gives a crap.