jack aubrey
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Hi Guys,
Ok, interesting situation. There’s a girl I’ve been dating for about 5 months who was madly into me (telling me how much she loved me, etc), but about a month ago we had a bad argument and she’s not been quite the same with me since. We still kiss, hug and have sex continually and get on okay (we actually just got back from a great vacation with her parents), but she hasn’t been quite the same emotionally.
The main cause of the friction has been 2 things: a) that I’m at the back end of a divorce and she hasn’t liked being involved with a guy going through a divorce (though she knew all about it and we were friends for a couple of months before dating); b) she works part time as a stripper to help pay bills while her new photography business gets off the ground and as I got closer to the girl that started to bother me and when I was feeling a bit down a couple of months ago I got a bit narcy over it which she said made her feel like ****. Also, she’s been quite depressed over the last couple of months due to feeling stuck in a rut with various areas of her life and being ill; she moans and is negative continually, and is considering moving to another part of the country a couple of hours away.
When we got back from vacation on Wednesday, she messaged saying she had an amazing time etc, but she thinks we should keep in touch but not see each other for a couple of weeks while she decides what she wants in life. She made it clear she is really into me and it’s not a break-up, she wants some space to ponder her next move (yeah, I know what that sounds like!).
I read the ‘get your girl back in 30 days’ book and, as it suggests, the next day (2 days ago) sent her a short message basically saying ‘I agreed with her decision, she’s not ready for a relationship, briefly apologized for giving her a bad time over her work, she needs space and time to sort herself out and hopefully we can be friends again’. She went fairly nuts when I sent that! Kept calling and sending all sorts of messages, and being upset that I’d said ‘we weren’t going to work out’ (which was not what I’d written). I ignored most of them, but admittedly have been drawn back into messaging and have had a couple of long phone calls (made me laugh that she said she’d read my message about 100 times!).
Also, she’s been a bit weird accusing me of flirting with a girl (who is honestly just a friend) on Facebook. There was no flirting, but she sent a message saying ‘if you want other women fine but don’t expect me to be happy seeing you flirting, etc’.
This morning she called and I suggested getting a coffee, and she said ‘no, I said I wanted a couple of weeks and it’s only been a couple of days’.
So, basically, I’m confused as to what the best course of action is. Since I wasn’t dumped, is ignoring her totally for 21 days actually the best plan (as it says in the eBook)? I’m tempted to think that maybe doing this for just 1 or 2 weeks might be better. Or maybe not ignoring her completely – briefly responding to every 2 or 3 of her messages might be a good balance between giving her space and acting like an alpha male, whilst not alienating her completely. What do you guys think/suggest?
Cheers!
Ok, interesting situation. There’s a girl I’ve been dating for about 5 months who was madly into me (telling me how much she loved me, etc), but about a month ago we had a bad argument and she’s not been quite the same with me since. We still kiss, hug and have sex continually and get on okay (we actually just got back from a great vacation with her parents), but she hasn’t been quite the same emotionally.
The main cause of the friction has been 2 things: a) that I’m at the back end of a divorce and she hasn’t liked being involved with a guy going through a divorce (though she knew all about it and we were friends for a couple of months before dating); b) she works part time as a stripper to help pay bills while her new photography business gets off the ground and as I got closer to the girl that started to bother me and when I was feeling a bit down a couple of months ago I got a bit narcy over it which she said made her feel like ****. Also, she’s been quite depressed over the last couple of months due to feeling stuck in a rut with various areas of her life and being ill; she moans and is negative continually, and is considering moving to another part of the country a couple of hours away.
When we got back from vacation on Wednesday, she messaged saying she had an amazing time etc, but she thinks we should keep in touch but not see each other for a couple of weeks while she decides what she wants in life. She made it clear she is really into me and it’s not a break-up, she wants some space to ponder her next move (yeah, I know what that sounds like!).
I read the ‘get your girl back in 30 days’ book and, as it suggests, the next day (2 days ago) sent her a short message basically saying ‘I agreed with her decision, she’s not ready for a relationship, briefly apologized for giving her a bad time over her work, she needs space and time to sort herself out and hopefully we can be friends again’. She went fairly nuts when I sent that! Kept calling and sending all sorts of messages, and being upset that I’d said ‘we weren’t going to work out’ (which was not what I’d written). I ignored most of them, but admittedly have been drawn back into messaging and have had a couple of long phone calls (made me laugh that she said she’d read my message about 100 times!).
Also, she’s been a bit weird accusing me of flirting with a girl (who is honestly just a friend) on Facebook. There was no flirting, but she sent a message saying ‘if you want other women fine but don’t expect me to be happy seeing you flirting, etc’.
This morning she called and I suggested getting a coffee, and she said ‘no, I said I wanted a couple of weeks and it’s only been a couple of days’.
So, basically, I’m confused as to what the best course of action is. Since I wasn’t dumped, is ignoring her totally for 21 days actually the best plan (as it says in the eBook)? I’m tempted to think that maybe doing this for just 1 or 2 weeks might be better. Or maybe not ignoring her completely – briefly responding to every 2 or 3 of her messages might be a good balance between giving her space and acting like an alpha male, whilst not alienating her completely. What do you guys think/suggest?
Cheers!