Some people just need to learn the hard way.f283000 said:this must be the millionth "gf/ex re-initiated contact" thread i've seen and they always end the same way.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Some people just need to learn the hard way.f283000 said:this must be the millionth "gf/ex re-initiated contact" thread i've seen and they always end the same way.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
:crackup:Mantis Toboggan said:I know what you're going through man. So don't think I'm being harsh...
But Hit it and leave? Who are you fooling? That doesn't sound like you. If you hit it tonight, you'd be waking up early to serve her breakfast in bed tomorrow. This little 3-month relationship has you all mushy and soft.
You need to just break ties with this girl for a while. Go out on the town for a few months, work out, meet women, make more friends...basically become a new man. If you wanna give her a call AFTER all that, just to show off the cool new you, then go for it.
I hate watching re-runs too.f283000 said:oh great not this s**** again
this must be the millionth "gf/ex re-initiated contact" thread i've seen and they always end the same way.
That's not always true though. Some girls legitimately feel like they screwed up when breaking up with their boyfriends. In the story of my ex and me, there wasn't any other guy in the equation. She started talking to me about less than a week after things had ended. I cut off contact, and it screwed with her. If anything else had been happening on the side, I would have heard about it, seeing as she was still hanging out with my friends. Girls don't always leave one guy for another, sometimes they simply take a break from dating. Some girls leave their boyfriends only for the fact they don't have feelings for them anymore. I still stand by my original message that this won't work out in the end, and you're only holding yourself back by going back to this girl. She WILL break up with you again.sodbuster said:OK, here's my take. THe guy she WAS interested in dating,didn't fall for her,it didn't work out, etc.,etc., SO ,she calls to see if you'll take her back-give her dinner and sex until she can find better. You are looking to get hit harder next time.
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.