How long of no contact after a breakup before i should reply to her texts?

For the last 2 months my ex was hanging out with a guy coworker who admitted he liked her before they were even so called "friends". They started spending way to much time together. I felt as if i was being replaced as she would always talk to him and he would also talk with her constant texting phone calls playing videogames, working together, luch, grocery shopping etc.. They would do things like friendship dates which really angered me. I talked with her about it. She did not try to fix what was going on. In fact after the talk sex decreased with us. For about a month each week i would let her know how this guy was basically hitting on her and expressed my concerns hoping she would make the right decision. Well i finally could not leave things as they were so i broke up with her last night. I still love her, and want to get back together. I feel as if i broke up with her just to make a statement. The statement is to show her that i will not be taken for granted. Kind of a its me or her coworker deal. btw we were living together up to this point. I believe i was doing to much and she started to loose interest. I'd pay all the bills and go to school, cook, coffee dates with her. Quite a routine day. She is at her sister's now. I know she misses me because after a day of no contact she is blowing up my phone and texting me. I am ignoring these attempts on contact. I want her to really really miss me and understand what she was slowly sabotaging with this "so called guy friend". My question is how long should i keep the no contact up? I don't want her to move on, which i doubt will happen within the next 2 weeks. However i also don't want to get back together to soon and everything become once more how it was. I want to start fresh with her and enjoy the life style we once had if possible and for her to understand this is stressful times. Stressful times as in we can't go out just blow money to keep things interested, but should rely more on conversations and small things in life to get by for right now. This is just another reason why i was a bit irrated with her going out with that guy friend. I'd pay for rent, food, bills, the whole package so she could pay off her school debt so one day we could get married. However, she started blowing money and going out to eat with this guy all the time. I felt like wtf... seriously i feel taken advantage of. So anyhow i am hoping this breakup brings her back to reality and she understands how great she had it. So how long should i keep the No Contact up? I'm concerned if i keep it up to long she may feel lost and get used by that guy coworker to feel her void.How long of no contact after a breakup before i should reply to her texts?
i would wait 3 days if you still love her and want to get back to her eventually. Because if you wait too long, she might have moved on already. And if you text too soon, she won't learn what she did wrong. but hey, maybe you don't need her. Maybe there's someone else out there that will appreciate what you do for them?How long of no contact after a breakup before i should reply to her texts?
1 week is enough to be honest; that is, if you don't want her to get the wrong idea that you don't want her anymore.How long of no contact after a breakup before i should reply to her texts?
You don't have to ignore her to get your point across. Just don't take her back immediately. It's hard to be ignored so give send her a text saying that yea you miss her but you're still very upset and hurt by her actions and if she (and you) want this to work and keep going there has to be RULES AND BOUNDRIES. like isaid don't take her back right away, maybe let her move in in a week or so but talk to her and explain yourself because obviously you broke up with her in a moment of rage.