Friend of ex bf sent me a friend request on FB... Should I message him explaining or?

[Beatrixx]

I haven’t spoke to my ex or his friends for months now. I deleted them all off Facebook a while ago and one of his friends has recently sent me a friend request. One of the reasons why I don't want to accept the friend request is because I don't want to risk my ex checking up on me through his friend's Facebook.

I’m wondering if I should message his friend and explain or if I should just leave it. It’s been bothering me for a while now and I feel a bit guilty ignoring him because he was quite nice and supportive when me and the ex broke up. Should I explain that I’m sorry about not accepting his friend request but I prefer to keep the past in the past. Wish him the best etc. Just keep it short and sweet. Or should I just not bother and just ignore him? What is the best and most decent way to go about this?

[incandescent]

well you if you are an actual friend with him, like good mates, not an acquaintance where you only know him through your ex, then whats the point? or you could accept it, and that person might show his friend your profile and you can make your ex jelly by how good you look, or, send him a nice, polite message explaining your situation and where you stand with everything, be open, be honest, be blunt... your choice!