Girlfriend is going away for 3-6 months. how to keep interest level?

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This shold be a study for everyone in this situation, including the poster.

my story, and like some, you betta listen to it.

I had been with only 4 other girls before i found one who i could stomach for more than a few months.

after some 3 years of being together and living together, she tells me she is moving away to work. 2 weeks after getting a job application she is off, and i only see her once more after that for a week. TWO WEEKS. Does that sound like she really likes me? She was crying, all the crud, and by all means, she may have been in love with me, but man, once you are apart for any long period of time, unless you've been married for ages, it ain't gunna work...not in 99/100 cases.

NOW dont be an idiot, man, like i was.

This may be you. For me, i know i am a ladies man, because i am totally comfortable around them, i know the walk and talk, i've been told by no less than 3 girls that i fvck like a god and i am a good kisser they all tell me. (But never beleive what a girl tells you, only what she does. Thats how you cross examine, and btw, i aint with any of those girls now.) Ok, and while i was in my relationship i had the opertunity to sleep with about 5 girls while i was living with my gf....and when i went to see her for one week, i had to fight them off with a stick, they were coming to my room and flirting with me...with women it could have been off their own backs, or they were testing me. Trust me when i say her and me BOTH would have passed the test :) )

So you gotta look at that, point 1 - the opertunities. There is more than one girl in this life, man.

And point 2 - never beleive what she says unless she backs it up with actions.

I gotta use some hard style on you man, cos you need your head to be beaten by some sense.


Consider this. This girl i was stupidly with for so long was hard up for cash, had some debts. She would not allow me to pay off her debts. So after 2 weeks in a previously 3 year relationship, she was gone.

Man, i dont care how much you impress her while she is gone. For me, i pulled out all the stops.

I knew it was OVER when she announced she was leaving.

Mate, listen. I KNEW, i am no fool, though back then in matters of the heart i was. She was no longer my gf, only in name, until the days came...sooner, rather than later,....she would break it up.

But get this...i am so bloody good, because i swear man, i postponed the break-up by about 6 months!!!!!!!


hahahahahaha. no really, you DONT want to do that, and really i should have been out and about rooting around.

I was only putting myself through uneeded frustration pain and pressure.

She wanted to break up the 2nd night before she left. I posponed it through some brilliant heartstring manouvers, dominance, etc. Not somethign i would do today....i went all out, because i knew her like a book. Did someone call me an *******? Yes i was.

For both me and her, we should have broken up.

When she got to her destination. She called me up crying, wondering why she was feeling like this. I had previously sent her a couple of messages to which she did not reply. Her look at me when she was on the train did not say "Oh Dig It, i will lover you forever and hope to come back tommorow if i could"....instead it said "I know i will never really see you ever again."

Spare a thought for me who was a confused as she was, but being as selfish as i was i could not break up with her (until much later, when i innitiated it).

Ok, so she calls up, confused and crying, and i kept it going. Meanwhile i am being abstinant back at home. Cutting a long story short, she begins to have more and more fun where she is, and being faithful old Dig It, all i can do is become more depressed down here, and even my friends wondered why i was like this, and when i told them, they said dump her, and i said no way! I wanna marry her!

etc, etc, etc.

Big stupid AFC.

So by the end, she is not breaking up with me. And at the at the same time she is declaring her commitment to me with words (i asked her to marry me and she said yes) she also says that she requires more independance, and she feels she wants to be single!!!!! huh????

Dig it was a moron. Then i get to where she was for a week, was hit on byu about 3-5 girls, coulda scored numerous times, and i felt like even more of a loser (but not until later) when she was looking at other guys with longing, and laughing at other people, until i pulled one of my classic "keep-you" brilliance things.

Yeh, and she lied to me, NOT her usual behavior = lowered interest level, cos she never lied to me, ever, and me back.....she asked me to buy her things which she had only ever done 2 times before in three years, borrowed hundreds of dollars for a christmas pressy (mine....yes, fellas, i bought my own crissy pressent, haha) and more things that indicated she no longer cared.

I am telling you all this so you dont do the same thing i did man!

She once said "i wonder why i am so interested in such and such". she stopped taking phone calls, got me to leave messages, spent more money on other peoples presents than mine, ignored me for friends when i was there, so much, wanted to keep me in the room all day! huh?! ummm...why, yeh, its ok. I was a hot guy, until i was in relationship and/or trying to please mode.

Now i am just hot. because i LEARNT from my mistakes.

And buddy, this is the kind of thing you can avoid.


Here is what to do:

Fill your female-wanting needs with OTHER females. Still keep your one up there on the boat, but dont make her the only one.

You may want to be honest and let her know what the deal is, or you may not.

Its up to you. I think i would. Say something like 'i've only known you for 3 months, i do think we have something that could grow into something big, however for just now, when you go away and you feel there is pressure to keep it going you dont have to. I will be down here having fun and living my life as i've always done. I didn't think any girlfriend of mine would move away for such a long time if she really cared for me. But i will miss you. Keep in touch. xxx"

And man, DONT KEEP IN TOUCH as much as you can.

Thats how you do it. Mess her up a little.

Chumps and AFC's NEVER WIN, unless they are with a girl who is EVEN NICER than them :)

Man, i was with a girl who was even nicer than me. And i told you what happened. Go figure.

You have to look out for you, and when a gf of yours moves away, she is doing it because you let her and she does not like you, or she plain just does not like you.

These days, i am getting lots. I am still LTR orientated, however, i dont feel the need to be in one, because i dont have to be in to get all the benifits of a hot girl. One day, i may change my mind again. But unlike a fickle girl, i dont change my mind often.
 

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Right, the purpose of my post is basically, you saw me. i could have quite a few girls. i knew other girls liked me. i could have at least 2 striaght up that i could have dated successfully but i held on.

Never hold on. Let her go. I was too trusting.

If you must, never hold on too tight. but just reading that makes me think *chump behavior if done wrong*.

So its go out wiht other girls, and keep the option to re-go-out with your love who has moved away.

Thats the best way. Its the only way if you want to avoid a big heart ache. The less contact the better. But like we all say, she will probably dump you after a time.

be a smart man. It doesnt mean you'll be a pr!ck. just what are you to do, wait around for her? ha! There's too much in life man. Look at what i missed. I still kick myself for not having it with a couple of those girls
 

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2) break up with her, with the intent of getting back together when she's back.. sorta say, well we're both single now, but don't act on it unless u wanna end the chance of us ever being back together including one night stuff..



Never EVER EVER do this.

That's my thought on this topic.

By all means break up with her - but if your going to do this, do not put any strings to this. How can she be single and still have to think about you and your relationship. You either break up or you don't.

Your giving her the power by putting limitations on things.

Have you not read the DJ bible?

Did you not learn that women MUST initiate all things - example - Never say I love you first. Never ask her to be exclusive first. Never ask ther to move in with you first.

You can also add the following to this list - Never tell her that your going to break up - and then put a priviso on that that you can't fvck other people.

You'll be coming from a position of weakness.


Plus - didn't you say earlier on that you could walk away easy from this chick?


as strange as this may sound, i'm not actually that hung up on this girl.. i could never see her again, and sure it'd hurt me for maybe 2-3 days.. but i'd be over it very quickly..

Your not acting like that are you?

So I think that this statement is BS.

This is easy really.

End it now. Tell her you'll talk again when she comes back.
 

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That is the right advice in my book.

"Talk to you when you get back"

Do that man, and you'll be doing a lot.
 

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Originally posted by Click Here
Keep your life extremely busy. As long as she doesn't think your waiting by the phone thinking about her she's going to be wondering about how to keep your interest level up.

my .2
Yes, keep your life busy.

With other women. ;)

Not exclusively, but you know what I mean. Don't "date around" or "cheat" per se, but hang out with other women, be open to the possibility that one of them may "replace" your current girl. If you don't find anything better and when your girl comes back she's still into you, THEN get back with it.

Women are like this too, believe me. My sister had a boyfriend in the marines who was stationed God-knows-where and she was dating around here and there to see if she could find anything better. (Hell, my mother was ENCOURAGING it...she didn't want to see her waiting around for this guy to come back). Don't think she found anyone, but eventually they broke up and she's with another guy now.
 

Do not be too easy. If you are too easy to get, she will not want you. If you are too easy to keep, she will lose interest in you. If you are too easy to control, she will not respect you.

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Quest, this girl is not moving away for some important career minded reasons - she decided that what she wanted was more important than being with you. Do I need to mention again that she is also moving in with 2 guy 'friends'???

If you don't want to hurt her then be honest with her and tell her that she is the one who has seperated herself from the relationship and that it is something that you do not want but you are not so naive to believe that guys will not be trying to woo her romantically and that she will not be tempted to 'party'.

Tell her that her moving away will have a negative impact on the relationship and it will only lead to an inevitable end. You cannot promise her that you'll be around for her when she 'conveniently' wants you there!

If you find another girl more promising while she is gone then you at least forewarned her that her going away is to blame.

Never trust a woman who would move two hours away and go live with two guys!

Also, don't drive 5 hours to go visit her - this looks weak and makes you look desperate - she is not your wife and you have only known her for 3 months!

To keep her interest level maintain your hgher position staus as a man by being in control and dictating the agenda and keepnig your dignity.

You accepting her living with two guys is undignified and disrespects you as her 'boyfriend' and shows your lack of control and power in the relationship!
 

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Quest, I knew plenty of girls who didnt cheat on their man back home whilst away at university. Just go with it; if it works it works, if it dont it dont.
 

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i thought i'd give a bit of an update. even though i may get called AFC, and i may be AFC, i'm not sure. i like this girl, i think it can work, and i know that if it doesn't work i'm going to lose up to 5 months of picking up (more like 2-3 months), but i can handle that.

she had "induction training" at the place she will be working last week, she stayed for an extra day or two catch up with her ex boyfriend who went down to see his parents. (i realise i'll be in big trouble for that).
she was ment to come back on the saturday to go to a party i was invited to and meet most of my friends properly.
saturday morning she sent me an SMS it lead to a few more being sent.

"blah blah blah what u get to last night?"
"i had a great night, caught up with a couple of mates and had a ball, we're going to do it more often"
"blah blah blah, i'm not going to the party tonight, just go with your friends"
"blah blah blah, i want you to come, your invited"
"no you had so much fun with your friends i'm not going to go"

i could tell she was pissed off, and the night before i had really been considering breaking up with her, due to the fact she's leaving and the responses i got on this site. i had assumed she was canceling the party because she wanted to stay another night and was using being pissed off at me as an excuse.

i called her and she was so stroppy on the phone
it was more or less
"come to the party, i want you to come"
"no i don't want to"
*3
"come back anyway, i'll come see you for a while before the party"
"no don't see me, just go to the party"
*3
"well i'll come up in the morning sunday soon as i wake up"
"don't"
(that was so i could check if she was going to stay but not tell me)

ended up hanging up with no resolve...
an hour later she called me and was in tears bad..
she was like "i'm sorry for acting mad at you, i'm not mad i was just jealous you had so much fun with your friends and thought now you won't want to keep seeing me"
i'm just like "don't be stupid" whatever..
she just kept telling me how she loved me and is scared blah blah blah.. the reception was bad so i got rid of her + i was watching lethal weapon :)

so she came back, and she came to the party etc. she met my friends properly and there girlfriends and we were all having fun, she met heaps of girl friends of mine and got to see how cool i am :)
and she said to me when were dancing "i don't want to go, i want to try to get a job down here, but its too late. i'm going to put my resume in and i'll try to make it for any interveiws"
not sure if this was more because she got on really well with my friends girlfriends and saw that we could all have alot of fun, or if she was jealous at how many girls were coming up and talking to me..

since then we've spent most days together as i've had time off school (ment to be studying for exams but got my wisdom teeth out on day of exam (today - friday).

everything has been really great. and she told me that her ex had tried to kiss her nurmerous times the night she saw him and she was crying etc. but said nothing happened..
i told her that i'd been very linient allowing her to talk to him on the phone (they've been broken up like 6 months? but remained friends, and he lives many hours away. so i didn't feel at all threatened) but i told her that because he has tried to kiss her and is obviously not capable of just being friends that i don't want her to talk to him any more.. she said she understood and that was fine..

now as i said i had my wisdom teeth out today (all 4, full operation, only 1 was exposed) and i stayed at her house last night..
she got up at 6 and made me bacon, eggs, pancakes and hashbrowns (because i wasn't allowed to eat after 7) she drove me to the hospital, waited in the waiting room with me for about 3 and a half hours, while i was being operated on (about 1 and a half hours) she went shopping and bought me a little beanie bear or some ****, which was a skunk and said 'stinky' on it (the exposed wisdom teeth had given me bad breath almost the whole time i was with her and i had to constantly brush/mouthwash) and she picked me up and took me home.

now i realise that all girlfriends should do that type of stuff so theres nothing so special there, but as she is leaving in 4 days, i would think she wouldn't put in much effort if she was just planning on meeting other guys..

although i realise she may meet another guy who she may like more then me (i doubt it) i don't think she'd be the type for one night flings..

i'd like to know how u guys feel about this, especially the guys who have already told me to just move on.
i do like this girl, i don't think she's irreplaceable.. i just don't think its worth replacing her, if she comes back, in most likely 3 months i would assume it'd be just the same as it is now which is really great and i have nothing to complain about..

but let me know, i can handle your harshest critisms..
and i'll again update you if she calls me and says "i sucked off 10 guys last week"
 

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You've got to do what you've got to do.

It sounds all full of roses now - but who knows.

The bottom line is your 20 yrs old. Your to young to be tied down with a GF that's 3 hours (or whatever) away. This is your prime time of your life - and your waiting for some chick to get her sh#t together.

Your buddies are out there picking up and getting laid - your sitting there pulling the 5 finger shuffle.

From experience this relationship will end - most do at your age, let's be honest.

If she's going away to work, she had better be coming home on the weekends to take care of business. If thats heppening - then perhaps it's all good.

If not - I'd tell her how you feel about her - and then tell her that you hope she has a good time, but to call her when she get's back into town and can spend time with you.
 

At this point you probably have a woman (or multiple women) chasing you around, calling you all the time, wanting to be with you. So let's talk about how to KEEP a woman interested in you once you have her. This is BIG! There is nothing worse than getting dumped by a woman that you really, really like.

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thanks for the advice newman.

i realise i'm 20 years old and most 20 year olds would be a long way off finding, or even looking for their life partner.. but thats the thing, its all full of roses now. if it still is in 2 years? who knows..
we have only had 2 fights, and they were only small and caused by one of her new female friends she made at work, who she hasn't seen since it happened.. (i think the new friend was bisexual, quite sure)

now prime of my life, well i can't argue with you there, i've done quite well when i go out prior to meeting my girlfriend and still had atleast one major oppurtunity every time i've been out whilst going out with her. but i don't really have the urge to, even when blind drunk (one girl tried to kiss me i did another thread on it).. between 18-20 (mainly after 19 for sex) i have laid 10 girls, (choked on numerous others) and i've picked up over 100 girls.. although only dating about 6-10 for short periods of time.
i realise they arn't huge figures, not even huge for my age. but they are figures none the less that i think suggest that i've not just grabbed the first girl who would get into bed with me and clung to her.

she says she'll come back about once every 3 weeks. i think it will be more likely once every 5 months unless she has something on.
 

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supa pimp

Slap that ***** where she can't get up - 365mph
 

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NOONE can preditct the future. Not all women CHEAT! If you really like/love her just have trust in her, don't ever question her about if she is messing around on you, if she does cheat it will come out, everything comes out in the wash. Just have faith in her if you really think she is "the one" for you. IF she does do you wrong just remember what goes around comes around. Hope everything works out for you!
 

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Interesting is all i can say
 

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This isnt exactly a reply to the topic, but i tought it would be intesting to post:

Originally posted by dig it
i've been told by no less than 3 girls that i fvck like a god and i am a good kisser they all tell me. (But never beleive what a girl tells you, only what she does.

My ex F.uck buddy teached me that when you are with a girl, if she is mature enough, she will treat you like there is nothing else in the world that moment, and that you are the best in the world.
 

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Well dude I had a similar situation this year, and I just have a simple advice:

- Call her once every 2 weeks and have fun with your life, don't think about her and go out with other women. You're thinking too much. When she gets back after 3 months, judge her by her actions and then decide if you want to keep her as a girlfriend.


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Originally posted by quest

but things were pretty sweet back then..
Fixed! :D
 
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