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Silverobama

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A wanted to join the in-person English club I am in charge of. He added me on social media a few months ago and later he unfriended me (deleted me) from his contact list. I didn't know it until last week when he tried to add me again but I didn't at him. Last night I saw the person and he asked me why I didn't ignore him (at the meeting) and I said:

I suppose it'll be extremely rude to unfriend someone. You're not respecting me and the same here.

The intended meaning of the second sentence is "You're not respecting me so I don't need to care about your feelings too".

Please help me with the italic sentence.
 
If I were you, I'd say, "it's tit for tat for what you did to me", since it's not meant to be polite.
 
A John wanted to join the in-person English club I am in charge of. He added me as a friend (or "He friended me") on social media a few months ago and but later he unfriended me (deleted me) from his contact list. I didn't know it he'd done that until last week when he tried to add me again but I didn't at him accept the request. Last night, I saw the person him and he asked me why I didn't ignore him (at the meeting) and I said:

I suppose it'll be I think it's extremely rude to unfriend someone. You're not respecting me and the same here. You disrespected me - I'm just doing the same.

The intended meaning of the second sentence is "You're not respecting You disrespected me so I don't need to care about your feelings too".
See above. I think you've messed up the underlined part. Did you mean to say "He asked me why I ignored him"? It would be very odd to say to someone "Why didn't you ignore me?"

Maybe I'm too old for the terminology but "I didn't at him" means nothing. You could get away with "I didn't @ him" I suppose but I wasn't aware that putting an ampersand before someone's name is a way of accepting a friend request.
 
See above. I think you've messed up the underlined part. Did you mean to say "He asked me why I ignored him"? It would be very odd to say to someone "Why didn't you ignore me?"
Yes, I meant to say "He asked my why I ignored him when he was trying to talk to me". It should be "Why did you ignore me?"
Maybe I'm too old for the terminology but "I didn't at him" means nothing. You could get away with "I didn't @ him" I suppose but I wasn't aware that putting an ampersand before someone's name is a way of accepting a friend request.
No, it was my fault. It should be "I didn't add him". I didn't know what was happening when was I trying to type "add", I guess it might be the autocorrect. However, "at" isn't a wrong word. Again, my apologies. Or perhaps because of my new keyboard. Sometimes some letters are missed when I was typing.
 
Yes, I meant to say "He asked my me why I ignored him when he was trying to talk to me". It should be "Why did you ignore me?"
OK. You could also say "Why didn't you reply when I spoke to you?"
No, it was my fault. It should be "I didn't add him". I didn't know what was happening don't know what happened when was I trying to type "add". I guess it might be the autocorrect. However, "at" isn't a wrong word. Again, my apologies. Or Perhaps it's because of my new keyboard. Sometimes some letters are missed when I was am typing.
That's why it's really important to read your text at least once, preferably twice, before you hit the "Post reply" button. It gives you the chance to fix any errors before your post becomes public.
 
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