Hey guys, i need some feedback to think straight. It's christmas time and i sense myself getting all introspective and soft, filled with much more empathy around this time of year.
Long story short, basically i was the opposite of needy and didn't make my ex feel valued in the relationship shown through my actions while she kept pushing for me, she kept going, even visiting therapy to talk about me until her feelings disappeared when i started to fail test after test and then it was too late for me to do anything anymore despite i told her i see a future with her and didn't want the breakup. Just before she broke up she admitted that we "never gave the relationship a real chance" and implied she wanted to, which made me think it's on but i guess it had gone too far already and she changed her mind again and broke up. It was a struggle for her for sure. We know how women don't want to hurt our feelings so officially she said that no one is to blame, we both did our best implying we were just in different stages of our lives and "timing" was the official breakup reason. I know it means i wasn't interesting and valuable enough for her to keep trying anymore, and i agree with her on that. It was the usual, communication ceased more and more. At the day of the breakup I made her answer if she saw any potential in us and she said no. I don't expect her to say anything else at that point though.
I know, i was living in her frame 100% and it felt like a soft version of NC before the real NC lol.
Since that day we parted on friendly terms and i went immediately into NC that i've kept for 8 months now, she reached out (indirectly) to me once after 4 months, full with questions about me and my life which made me think she cares a little bit too much to how i'm doing to want to cut the cord completely (still has my phone number, still friends on fb).
It takes a man to realise his mistakes and I'm just full of guilt how i handled the relationship right now and have the urge to write her a mature reflection on what i've realised about myself, that i agree the breakup was needed for growth and wish her well in life. No getting back or anything, just letting her know how i see things. To be honest i handled her very immaturely which is weighing me down.
But i don't know if that's better than to stay a mystery in NC. I somehow feel that all explaining or letters after the fact make you look pathetic but i'm not sure. She's also very traditional and hate it when men show weakness of any sort which makes me think i should skip it. My strong feeling is that she will reach out again sometime to check up on me out of curiosity and ego satisfaction. As far as i know she hasn't had anything serious after me and is still single.
Thoughts appreciated.
See comments in bold.Hey guys, i need some feedback to think straight. It's christmas time and i sense myself getting all introspective and soft, filled with much more empathy around this time of year. make your decisions with rational thought. Not with emotions. You will regret it if you do this.
Long story short, basically i was the opposite of needy and didn't make my ex feel valued in the relationship shown through my actions while she kept pushing for me, she kept going, even visiting therapy to talk about me until her feelings it is what is is you learned from this disappeared when i started to fail test after test i am sorry but as soon as test begin you dump the woman. No excuses for tests and then it was too late for me to do anything anymore despite i told her i see a future with her and didn't want the breakup. Just before she broke up she admitted that we "never gave the relationship a real chance" and implied she wanted to, this was sprinkling sugar on the sheit sandwich. Aka blah blah blah to get her off the hook. it worked which made me think it's on but i guess it had gone too far already and she changed her mind again and broke up. It was a struggle for her for sure. We know how women don't want to hurt our feelingswhat they dont actually want to do is have a confrontation so officially she said that no one is to blame, we both did our best implying we were just in different stages of our lives and "timing" was the official breakup reason blah blah blah BS. I know it means i wasn't interesting and valuable enough for her to keep trying anymore,this. You seen through her blah blah and i agree with her on that. It was the usual, communication ceased more and more. At the day of the breakup I made her answer if she saw any potential in us and she said no. this was how she felt all along. she was finally honest I don't expect her to say anything else at that point though.
I know, i was living in her frame 100% and it felt like a soft version of NC before the real NC lol.
Since that day we parted on friendly terms and i went immediately into NC that i've kept for 8 months now, she reached out (indirectly) to me once after 4 months,this 3 to 4 month reach out id normal. After the break up women begin to wonder if they made the right decision or if they made the biggest mistake of their lives. Your no contact had her hamster wheel spinning. full with questions about me and my life which made me think she cares a little bit too much to how i'm doing to want to cut the cord completely (still has my phone number, still friends on fb). noseyness. she just wants to know if she won the break up. All she needs to know is you are doing great extremely busy and happy.
It takes a man to realise his mistakes and I'm just full of guiltyou learned from this. how i handled the relationship right now and have the urge to write her a mature reflection on what i've realised about myself, all she will see is you saying you have fallen to pieces and your life is a mess since she left. this will only validate her. dont bother you will regret it. it will feed her ego. that i agree the breakup was needed for growth and wish her well in life. No getting back or anything, just letting her know how i see things. To be honest i handled her very immaturely which is weighing me down.
But i don't know if that's better than to stay a mystery in NC.always. I somehow feel that all explaining or letters after the fact make you look patheticit will. but i'm not sure. She's also very traditional and hate it when men show weakness of any sort which makes me think i should skip it. My strong feeling is that she will reach out again sometime to check up on me out of curiosity and ego satisfactionand when she does give her 3 minutes and tell her you have to go you are busy getting ready for a date As far as i know she hasn't had anything serious after me and is still single. as far as you know she branch swung to the next guy after you. Branch broke that is why she reached out after the 4 month mark
Thoughts appreciated.
@dude99 did a good job. She may have been playing games by implying you never gave the relationship a real chance. She knows you're into it, she's the one that pushed you away, so she needs to be the one to come back, despite your mistakes. You can't force her back and deep down you're hoping your reflection letter to her will rekindle something, otherwise you would have done it already and not thought twice about it. The fact that she's always on your mind should be a huge flag to not do it. Do you know how good she'll feel to shoot you down after you spill your guts out for her or shower her with tons of attention? She may even come see you but push for just friends, and it sounds like you're too attached for that. You think you'll change her mind or make her feel better but you'll just push her away and prolong your suffering.Hey guys, i need some feedback to think straight. It's christmas time and i sense myself getting all introspective and soft, filled with much more empathy around this time of year.
Long story short, basically i was the opposite of needy and didn't make my ex feel valued in the relationship shown through my actions while she kept pushing for me, she kept going, even visiting therapy to talk about me until her feelings disappeared when i started to fail test after test and then it was too late for me to do anything anymore despite i told her i see a future with her and didn't want the breakup. Just before she broke up she admitted that we "never gave the relationship a real chance" and implied she wanted to, which made me think it's on but i guess it had gone too far already and she changed her mind again and broke up. It was a struggle for her for sure. We know how women don't want to hurt our feelings so officially she said that no one is to blame, we both did our best implying we were just in different stages of our lives and "timing" was the official breakup reason. I know it means i wasn't interesting and valuable enough for her to keep trying anymore, and i agree with her on that. It was the usual, communication ceased more and more. At the day of the breakup I made her answer if she saw any potential in us and she said no. I don't expect her to say anything else at that point though.
I know, i was living in her frame 100% and it felt like a soft version of NC before the real NC lol.
Since that day we parted on friendly terms and i went immediately into NC that i've kept for 8 months now, she reached out (indirectly) to me once after 4 months, full with questions about me and my life which made me think she cares a little bit too much to how i'm doing to want to cut the cord completely (still has my phone number, still friends on fb).
It takes a man to realise his mistakes and I'm just full of guilt how i handled the relationship right now and have the urge to write her a mature reflection on what i've realised about myself, that i agree the breakup was needed for growth and wish her well in life. No getting back or anything, just letting her know how i see things. To be honest i handled her very immaturely which is weighing me down.
But i don't know if that's better than to stay a mystery in NC. I somehow feel that all explaining or letters after the fact make you look pathetic but i'm not sure. She's also very traditional and hate it when men show weakness of any sort which makes me think i should skip it. My strong feeling is that she will reach out again sometime to check up on me out of curiosity and ego satisfaction. As far as i know she hasn't had anything serious after me and is still single.
Thoughts appreciated.
I've already snapped out of it. Thanks @dude99 and @EyeOnThePrize for the mature sensible talk. Truly appreciate to get back on the ground again.@dude99 did a good job. She may have been playing games by implying you never gave the relationship a real chance. She knows you're into it, she's the one that pushed you away, so she needs to be the one to come back, despite your mistakes. You can't force her back and deep down you're hoping your reflection letter to her will rekindle something, otherwise you would have done it already and not thought twice about it. The fact that she's always on your mind should be a huge flag to not do it. Do you know how good she'll feel to shoot you down after you spill your guts out for her or shower her with tons of attention? She may even come see you but push for just friends, and it sounds like you're too attached for that. You think you'll change her mind or make her feel better but you'll just push her away and prolong your suffering.
I've gone through similar cuckery and there's a simple mechanism you can use to gauge how ready you are to comfortably communicate with her. How often do you think about her? If the answer is almost all the time then you need to steer clear of communication. You'll end up overthinking every communication and feeling worse off long term.
The longer you hold your silence, the more distance you create, the more time you have to truly internalize what happened, and thus the more value you give yourself. Demonstrate don't explicate. Make peace with your past and remember that you learn best in a positive accepting state of mind. Guilt or fear won't help you learn. If she does come back remember that the same problems will resurface and you'll have to tackle them together just like before. If she dipped during that stage then she'll probably dip in that stage again. Be logical, be pragmatic, people rarely change. Over time you'll remember the things she didn't bring to the table and start seeing through her veil. This will again cause emotional reactions from you. Then you'll push on with your life and these things will begin to matter less and less until you can't remember your last communication. You will have finally taken her off the pedestal and hopefully regained a higher purpose in your life.
She's being unrealistic to think men shouldn't show weakness. We all have flaws and limitations. Sometimes something might break you. That doesn't mean you should make her your therapist but your behavior and mood is bound to have some flux. The more shapeless and adaptive we are, the easier time we have going through life. You can't take any of it with you, things will always change, that's the one constant of the universe. It's our relationship to change that defines us.
Date other women. You probably won't like most of them because you'll be making comparisons to your ex but keep going on dates. It's a simple exercise that will help instill an abundant mindset. Don't worry about having sex, just go enjoy yourself. Practice experiencing change as these women come into and out of your life, it'll force you to develop emotional independence and confidence.
Your duty is to lead yourself the best way you can. Never stop perfecting that.
Look at it this way, with her wishy washy attitude she deserved your aloofness. She is lucky you gave her a commitment at all. She does not deserve a relationship. With her behaviour wanting you monday not sure tuesday breaking up wednesday to regretting it friday to we never gave it a chance, BS she deserved aloofness. What she actually deserved is for you to view her as a FB. not a girlfriend.I've already snapped out of it. Thanks @dude99 and @EyeOnThePrize for the mature sensible talk. Truly appreciate to get back on the ground again.
What is messing with my mind so much is that i didn't do the usual needy things that suffocated the relationship, i was rather too aloof and uncaring and with this NC it feels i'm just reinforcing this view of me. However i clearly stated to her i didn't want the relationship to end so the ball was in her court and you are right, she still occupies way to many thoughts in my mind. This "fading effect bias" is killing me, it's like i ignore the bad stuff with her alltogether and only remember the good things so i have to keep reminding myself all the time.
She was half russian, so their view of men are kinda like that. The man is supposed to be the strong alpha who never shows any weakness in any form and wrestles with bears on his free time lol. Kinda hilarious incident happened on our annivarsary where we went out with a bottle of wine to the pier having fun and i was having trouble with a lens in my eye that totally fcked up my eye to the point where i couldn't open it anymore (never happened before) while there was this tiny boat in the harbour coming towards the pier where we were sitting and she jokingly said "what if this boat is coming for us, can you protect me?" I was my usual teasing self and said "of course not". Anyway i heard about that incident way later that she didn't feel safe and protected over sh1tty things like that. I understand that was coming from a deeper problem or feeling she had, but come on.
I've to clearify this "we never gave the relationship a real chance".
After huge disagreements that lasted for a good while she started to withdraw and check out, to her saying let's reset and "see where we stand" by enjoying a weekend together abroad which according to her went much better than expected expressing her love for me, seemingly very into me, to her breaking up 2 weeks later, NC, to her crawling back 1 week later wanting "to talk". She said she remembered all our good times and said the ONLY thing she was sure about was that we hadn't given the relationship a real chance in her eyes and she wanted us to try again but before that she went on a long pre-planned vacation 1 month to reflect on her future (with no communication between us) and that's where she then told me it's over for real. With the help of validation and sex from another man i'm sure.
With that lingering thought in the back of her mind, i have a hard time believing i'm totally just out of the picture with no potential whatsoever, that kind of thought would kill me myself looking back on an ex-partner down the line, but you can't look into another human being and make sense out of women's feelings.
Oh, and she was post-wall freaking about time running out.
Time to continue to lead my life the best i can.
Insightful brother.Abit off-topic but general thoughts.
Your comment: "As soon as tests begin you drop the woman, no excuse for tests".
I don't agree with this and here is why: A gf will always test you, no matter who you are. This is how she sees that you're still the real deal, something programmed into their brains to procreate with the best genes possible, and they do it subconciously. Some men don't think they are being tested because they pass them naturally without noticing them and they usually manage to hold up a stronger frame so there are less of them, but they still occur to some degree. In the "honeymoon phase" there is usually none to a very few of them, however, when that phase is over and she starts to demand more, like they all are, and she starts to see cracks in your armor by failing them and you become softer. Her brain will sense incongruence from her projected image of you and she will hammer through that hole and bombard you with more tests that you have to handle accordingly.
That's when they start to treat you worse, become cold and men realise that and start to supplicate in order to try to change her back to loving ways, only to kill the last bit of respect she had and then she leaves or cheats.
@dude99,
Question: How do you make it to 3 mins of your time and still manage to avoid their questions? I would think the first question is already coming in at 15 sec and then you've to excuse yourself. Because i can imagine you're not asking them a single question.
I respect that you disagree but i stand by my decision that you dont put up with test. You do not put up with tests period.Abit off-topic but general thoughts.
Your comment: "As soon as tests begin you drop the woman, no excuse for tests".
I don't agree with this and here is why: A gf will always test you, no matter who you are. This is how she sees that you're still the real deal, something programmed into their brains to procreate with the best genes possible, and they do it subconciously. Some men don't think they are being tested because they pass them naturally without noticing them and they usually manage to hold up a stronger frame so there are less of them, but they still occur to some degree. In the "honeymoon phase" there is usually none to a very few of them, however, when that phase is over and she starts to demand more, like they all are, and she starts to see cracks in your armor by failing them and you become softer. Her brain will sense incongruence from her projected image of you and she will hammer through that hole and bombard you with more tests that you have to handle accordingly.
That's when they start to treat you worse, become cold and men realise that and start to supplicate in order to try to change her back to loving ways, only to kill the last bit of respect she had and then she leaves or cheats.
Here's how i see it. From reading what you wrote i get the feeling you think it's a conscious decision from women to throw out test at us. These tests are not something she does on purpose or the sign of a low quality woman, it's something in her hindbrain making sure she doesn't end up with a loser and secures the strongest genes for her offspring. It's just an automatic response to her environment. I do agree with you that we don't put up with them, we just handle them or they become the doom of the relationship sooner rather than later.I respect that you disagree but i stand by my decision that you dont put up with test. You do not put up with tests period.
Here is why. To quote you in your previous message
"you teach others how they treat you. "
This was your quote.
Putting up with sheit tests is teaching her to push you, disrespect you and to push your boundaries. It will start subtle but wont stay that way.
Putting up your boundaries and refusing to put up with BS and having the stones to put her at the curb is the definition of being a real man and all women want the real man
You may think Passing tests may be ok........for now.... but over time she will push and push and push and passing them or putting up with then will drive her quality down down down.
A girl who knows if she pulls sheit, is history will think long and hard before she plays games.
Id rather my lady know she wont be my lady if she **** tests me, than pass her games to see if my seed will give her a quality offspring.
Isn't that the fun part? No only do you have to deal with them not being around those places and things you used to find joy in now have to be avoided to keep the pain down. But you have the right mindset. Keep pushing.I’m good for the most part but on weekends it kinda sucks because we live in the same neighborhood and Refuse to go to places she might even be at.