Password sharing reveals clingy ex’s texts to beau

Dear Amy: My boyfriend of six months has really opened himself up to me. He gave me his social media account passwords, and has added my thumbprint to his phone (which I find really cute because I didn't really ask him for it). I trust him.

I noticed that his ex has been texting him. This wouldn't really bother me if she had no bad intentions. But I know for a fact that she is still into him.

My boyfriend never answers her texts -- ever -- she texts him on his phone number and also on WhatsApp.

She still tries to talk to him, even when he doesn't reply. She has even called him various times.

My boyfriend tells me to go to his text messages and just reply to her, saying whatever I want.

But I don't know what I'm supposed to say. Should I say, "Leave my boyfriend alone?"

I don't want to start a fight because I'm too nice. He also wants it to stop.

What do I tell her? Dear Wondering: Back in the Cretaceous period, when I was dating, you'd wear a guy's chunky high school ring on a chain around your neck to prove that you were a couple.

But it seems that in your world, sharing passwords and biometrics is a "we're exclusive" litmus test. I think this is unwise. If your guy had given his previous girlfriend password access to all of his social media accounts, she'd have hacked him by now.

Even though you and your guy are aware of technology at a consumer level, you don't seem to have figured out how to block someone from a phone.

Go to the contacts list on his phone, scroll to the contact card with his ex's name, scroll to the bottom where it says "block this caller," and press the button. The process is similar for Whats-App.

When you block someone, they don't know that they've been blocked. If they send a message, it will appear to have been received.

Her attempts to contact your boyfriend seem to trigger a desire in you to respond on his behalf. There is no need to play this "leave my man alone" game. That just leads to more drama.