Discombobulated and Baffled

I had an unexpected message from an ex this morning. It really surprised me. I won't say who, as I think I might have mentioned her in the annals of this blog, many years ago...
It feels weird even writing the phrase "an ex". Philippa and I have been together nearly 15 years now, so anyone that came before her is a sad and distant memory from a past that I would rather never revisit. I'm not exactly active on social media, so I'm not one of those that is in regular 'contact' with everyone I've ever encountered. I think I may have remarked in these writings before that I don't think it's good for anyone to have that horrible level of constant connection with all the people from your past. We drift into, and out of, each other's lives and we're not supposed to linger when there's no reason to. That's the way it used to be, and that's the way I think humanity works best, and yet the modern world has torn that away from us all. It's impossible to step away completely. People can always find you, and - as I've discovered today- they can always reach out and message you.
I'm not even sure what the point is. The young lady and I had a very brief and very unsatisfying relationship that died a very sudden death, and now nearly two decades letter she gets the urge to send me a missive? I don't get the motivation, or the intention, and it's left me feeling a little unsettled and weirdly unsafe. It was only a few lines, telling me that a colleague had mentioned me, and had mentioned that they read my blog (and it always amazes me that anyone would say that!) and that she had looked it up herself and had a read-through and just thought she'd say Hello. And then she said a lot more than Hello, filling me in on her current work situation and the fact that she is now a mum.
Why I would need to know this, and why she felt the need to tell me, I know not.
(The child is only three years old, by the way, in case you were thinking it might be mine and that might be my she was contacting me...)
Anyway, I have decided not to engage. I'm thinking it might be a sophisticated AI bot that has trawled my past writings and found her name and manufactured a fake profile for her; to contact me and try to extract my personal information. I am nothing if not cynical.
I suppose I can't moan too much. I do write lots of personal stuff in these postings, so readers may feel like we are friends to a level that I'm not really comfortable with, but can't really complain about.
But it did unsettle me.

RC 8-7-25