Need advice pleasssse

You've been friends for 7 years, and he throws it away consciously by cheating. He clearly didn't value the friendship or relationship as much as you did. Without knowing the details of the text messages, I would say he is probably trying to win you back. If he succeeds and you get back together with him, he knows he can walk all over you and will most likely cheat again.

I would think it would be very hard to stay casual friends with this guy. Maybe you can, but if you get too close you risk falling for him again, and that will be your own fault for trusting him again. He knew what he was risking when he cheated, but he did anyway because he thought he could get away with it.

There are over 6 billion people in this world, and this great thing called the internet. You can easily find a better, true friend who isn't a douche bag.

So I would take his text messages as an apology and leave it at that. Text him back if you wish, but taking it farther than that will be to your detriment.

I have to agree with the majority. It's NOT possible for you to be "just friends" with this guy, the feelings run way too deep on your end. I went thru the same thing with a Libra(but with NO cheating), and at the 3yr, 4yr, and 7yr marks he called me to get back into my life. I couldn't do it...until that last time then HE couldn't be just friends because his then girl was very jealous of me(a 7yr old memory of his I guess?)and so we had to part ways. I still miss him, but I know that if one day he wants to be friends he'll call again. I'd like that, but at the same time I know our "friendship" would always be something more than just normal since the "feelings" would always be there from all those years ago. I'd definitely keep those feelings in check because I'm happy with my life now. But with all the water under the bridge because your ex didn't care enough about you and cheated would make it impossible to trust him even as a friend, well at least in my Aqua Friendship Book(which has VERY strict rules)!