is it normal for an ex to rebell?

[rescueme]

hi,
basically, my boyfriend of around a year broke up with me in July of last year.
We have since come back for this year of uni, and he is behaving... out of character. Well he's being odd in that he won't talk to me - he literally blanks me all the time (though he's the one that finished it for no other reason other than he didn't feel that he loved me anymore) - but now he's tending to go off alone a lot, acting more lad/ rude/ brash on nights out, he's grown a beard even though he always said he didn't like beards and that he felt like a tramp with facial hair...
its almost as if he's desperatly trying to be someone he's really not...
is this normal?!
ps. I have recently got a new boyfriend who is in his main friendship group
x

[smackie9]

Well that will do it I guess. You have successfully found a new BF and on top of that his friend.....that's an ego buster for sure. Don't worry, he's just being a sore loser.

[Boisdevie]

Who cares what your ex does - He's your ex and you have a new BF - why are you really bothered?

[lovenInsp]

You have a new bf and he's still single. You can say this is like a clean slate for him, many people try to be someone new after a relationship. It's also a way of coping for some people, your new bf is his friend...

[sweetkissesforu]

Maybe this has something to do with it