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junior1786

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Hi guys,
I need your help with this one:
I have been in a relationship with a girl for a year, and out of the blue, she have dumped me.
A little background:
Me:
I’m 29 from Israel, working full time a good boring office job with a decent pay, and all the benefits. My hobbies include martial arts (which I have neglected few years ago because of a back injury) and motorcycles- this is how I met her. For the past 5 years, I been living with my parents, after traveling Europe and the US and a few bad investments. In this time I have let myself go a bit, and became lazy and sort of a introvert.

She is 23, very outgoing, always want to have fun and go out and do stuff, she is sporty and into crossfit, currently in the military, to which she went about 6 months after we started dating, in order to save money to study. She lives with her mom. When we met, she was 6 months after a-5 year long relationship with her first serious BF, who was treating her like shit. And before we met, she had a reboud relationship, and also some non-commitment relationships.

Before I met her, I have been in non-commitment relationships for almost 10 years, after I caught my second GF cheating. We started as a one night stand, and I thought she is going one of those short, non-commitment relationships, but almost right away we both realized it’s going to be much more.

We been in a relationship for a year, which was great, we always were all over each other and loved it. We hang out with her friends, who liked me a lot, and my friend, who liked her a lot, and had a lot of fun together. My parents accepted her to the family and always showed love to her, and so does her parents to me. We had a lot in common, we both love motorcycles, and working on them, same musical taste and a lot, lot more. The sex was awesome, I thought her a lot in bed, and so does she thought me. She said many times that she never had a lover like me, never any one went down on her like I did, no one ever fucked her like I did (her words), she said that she never reached an orgasm, but she felt that I have brought her closest to it. She always said she love me, and showed it, and so did i.

About 5 months into our relationship we started talking about moving together, but since she said she have signed a contract with the military for half a year, we decided that first she will finish with the military, and then we will move in together. And so she went to the military. Her service is a full week there, and then full week home. She used to call me every day she was there, and I have sent her “good night” massages. The weeks she was home, we were together every Thursday evening to Saturday in my place.

One month before her service was supposed to end, she told me “just a little more, the military will end, and we will find ourselves a cute apartment, and move in there together”. The last time we were together, she was cold and guarded, but she said that she’s not feeling well, and she said that she have decided to extend the military contract for 6 more months. That was the last time we have seen each other as couple, before she went for another week to the military.

Suddenly, few days later, all of the communication from her side became very official, she started calling me by my name, and not the nickname as she always used to call me. The massages I got back from her were very official and with no hearts or smiles as they always were- I have realized something is wrong, but I decided not to confront her on this until she will get home.

When I saw her, I went to kiss her, and after a brief kiss, she gave me the chick, and she said we need to talk- BOOM, I immediately realized what just happened. It felt like a 10” blade to the guts.

She said she had a lot of time to think in the army, and she have decided that she doesn’t sees me as a future partner and a father to her children. That I’m not what she needs, and she doesn’t want me anymore. When I tried to push her to tell me what happened she said it became too heavy too early, and she felt like my parents have cornered her, and the very first time we slept that she got introduced to them (which is not true) , and that she is “ only a 23 year old stupid girl, who have not experienced anything in her life yet” (her words), She said that if she will continue to tell me she loves me, she will be lying. I asked her if what she wants is a brake, and she said no- she does not want to keep me on a short leash- she wants to break up I almost started crying. At a certain point, we just started repeating ourselves, and she said that we are repeating. So I took my coat and thanked her for wonderful year, and walked out the door. As I was walking down the stairs, she was standing at the door with a hand over her mouth and watching me walking down the stairs. I got into my car, parked under her house, and start driving away, all the time I have seen her standing in the window and watching me drive away- something she have never done when we were together.

I talked to her father, who have a lot of respect for me, and me for him, he said that it was a surprise for him, as it was for me- because when she told him that she has news for him, he expected to hear that we are getting married, or she is pregnant. He told me, that the felt cornered by my parents, and the way they loved her, and by me. In addition, she said that she quit the crossfit because of me, and that when we played pool, I used to kiss her after each ball (both no true).

I tried to talk to her once afterwards to ask her for the real reasons, and she said that she felt like I have dragged her into my family, she felt pressure from my parents, and she got cold feet. She said that at some point, she noticed that she become less and less attracted to me.

Since the brake-up talk, it has been almost 2 months, and since that phone call, it has been over a month of complete radio silence between us. We still friends on facebook, and she kept all of our photos together. She still talks to my friends, and I to her friends, but we have not been talking to each other.
I have read Chases’ article on “how to get your girlfriend back” and it seems to be #2. I became a boring, grey high-tech office worker.

I truly want her back, and I’m willing to commit to go through the change to get her back, and I understand what I have done that have led to the brake-up. I already signed up back to the gym, I got back to learning to play the guitar, I’m fixing my bike to ride it again, and this week I will sign up to MMA again, and I’m starting to work on the rest of the things on the article to get them handled to become the man I need to be- to become the man she fell in love with initially, only better in every way- the man dreamed meeting of when she broke up with me.

She fell for me, because i was a "bad boy" with her when i met her, i let her chase me, but once she started to tell me how she loves me and that she is mine' i let my guard down, and started acting too warm, too loving towards her, too "nice guy-ish". and she became bored.

Is there anything I’m missing? Any comments?
Please advise.

Thanks,
Dima.
 

Drck

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Couple comments that are important:


Before I met her, I have been in non-commitment relationships for almost 10 years, after I caught my second GF cheating.
>>>> Girls cheat on you only if they don't respect you. Red Flag...

She said many times that she never had a lover like me, never any one went down on her like I did, no one ever fucked her like I did
>>>> So she had other guys... How many? (Don't need the answer, but it could be a Red Flag)


About 5 months into our relationship we started talking about moving together, but since she said she have signed a contract with the military for half a year, we decided that first she will finish with the military, and then we will move in together.
>>>> First Red Flag with this girl. She starts postponing life with you, she started to 'move away' from you and not together. Watch what she does vs what she says...

And so she went to the military. Her service is a full week there, and then full week home. She used to call me every day she was there, and I have sent her “good night” massages. The weeks she was home, we were together every Thursday evening to Saturday in my place.
>>>> Ok, good, probably no big deal, she's one week with you, the another one some other place...

One month before her service was supposed to end, she told me “just a little more, the military will end, and we will find ourselves a cute apartment, and move in there together”.
>>>> Oh oh, secod Red Flag. She is postponing more, she still want to be 'away from you'... Again, watch what she does, not what she says. At this time it seems that she is fine to see you every other week, but most likely she doesn't want to live together, e.g. see you every day...


The last time we were together, she was cold and guarded
>>>> Big Red Flag. She is already thinking for longer time how to ended up, and now she did first big step towards the end...

, but she said that she’s not feeling well
>>>> Of course she doesn't feel well. She doesn't feel well about breaking up with you...

, and she said that she have decided to extend the military contract for 6 more months.
>>>> Ha! Another big Red Flag. She is away from you and she wants to stay away from you even longer...

Suddenly, few days later, all of the communication from her side became very official, she started calling me by my name, and not the nickname as she always used to call me.
>>>> Another Red Flag, maybe two at the same time. There is no such thing as "sudden", she was preparing it for weeks, if not months... At this time she is already decided to end it up, she is just 'moving' further and further away from you, hoping that you will 'get it'...

The massages I got back from her were very official and with no hearts or smiles as they always were- I have realized something is wrong, but I decided not to confront her on this until she will get home.
>>>> Trust your gut. Your gut is telling you the truth...


When I saw her, I went to kiss her, and after a brief kiss, she gave me the chick, and she said we need to talk- BOOM, I immediately realized what just happened. It felt like a 10” blade to the guts.
>>>> Exactly. You shouldn't have for kiss either, she is ready to break up with you - and you want to reward her with kiss...

She said she had a lot of time to think in the army, and she have decided that she doesn’t sees me as a future partner and a father to her children. That I’m not what she needs, and she doesn’t want me anymore.
>>>> She is telling you the truth. She doesn't want you as a partner. She has the guts to tell you face to face, that is good (from her site). Many girls don't do that...

When I tried to push her to tell me what happened
>>>> It's pointless. She has no feelings for you, that's the reason...

she said it became too heavy too early, and she felt like my parents have cornered her, and the very first time we slept that she got introduced to them (which is not true) , and that she is “ only a 23 year old stupid girl, who have not experienced anything in her life yet” (her words)
>>>> True. Think about it, she is in military, she is young and she sees tons of guys every day. You might be a great guy but she is not ready to saddle down. She wants to have fun, date and sleep with more guys... Changes are high that she already did...

She said that if she will continue to tell me she loves me, she will be lying. I asked her if what she wants is a brake, and she said no- she does not want to keep me on a short leash- she wants to break up I almost started crying.
>>>> She is honest, she was thinking a long time about breaking up with you... You should man up a bit, the break up should always be her loss, not yours...

I tried to talk to her once afterwards to ask her for the real reasons
>>>> It's pointless... You are showing neediness, low self-esteem... With these, chances are that any girl will always dump you...

and she said that she felt like I have dragged her into my family, she felt pressure from my parents, and she got cold feet. She said that at some point, she noticed that she become less and less attracted to me.
>>>> Well, true. Again, she is young, she is around lots of horny guys... she simply doesn't want to saddle down at this time no matter how great you are...


Since the brake-up talk, it has been almost 2 months, and since that phone call, it has been over a month of complete radio silence between us. We still friends on FB, and she kept all of our photos together
>>>> Remove yourself from that friendship, eventually she will upload new pictures with her and her new BF... The only thing that will happen is that you will be hurt more... Or better, get a new GF and upload your new pics first, then discontinue the friendship...

She still talks to my friends, and I to her friends, but we have not been talking to each other. I have read Chases’ article on “how to get your girlfriend back” and it seems to be #2. I became a boring, grey high-tech office worker.
>>>> Don't try to get her back, it is pointless. Anything you'll do will only show that you are needy, that you don't have self-respect, that you don't have abundance mentality, that you are chasing her and so forth. All that will work against you, she will see you as a weak guy - which will onlyfurther justify her break up with you...

You want to present yourself as a great guy who has choices, Abundance Mentality, who just shrugs shoulders when she walks away because he hasn't really lost that much (as she is believing)...


I truly want her back, and I’m willing to commit to go through the change to get her back, and I understand what I have done that have led to the brake-up
>>>> Eh, stop it. Don't blame yourself, don't justify her behavior, it was her choice to break up. You are only putting guilt upon yourself that you did something wrong... You did nothing wrong. If she wants you back - and it seems that she is not interested - she needs to change HER behavior, not the other way... You should never change your behavior because of any girl, that only shows weakness...

Also, let's be realistic, let's have a sip from cup of harsh reality that nobody wants to hear.... Most likely she already has another BF, she sleeps with him, she sucks his dick and she tells him that she never had such a great time in bed with anyone else... All this, while you are trying to analyze what you did wrong and how you should correct your behavior to get her back, while you are waiting by your phone for her message saying that she changed her mind and wants you back...

Let me tell you a secret bro - Fuck that sh*t, none of them worth it...


I already signed up back to the gym, I got back to learning to play the guitar, I’m fixing my bike to ride it again, and this week I will sign up to MMA again, and I’m starting to work on the rest of the things on the article to get them handled to become the man I need to be
>>>> That's great, keep doing it. Keep doing it for YOU only, not for ANY girl...

She fell for me, because i was a "bad boy" with her when i met her, i let her chase me, but once she started to tell me how she loves me and that she is mine' i let my guard down, and started acting too warm
>>>> It's all because you were FAKE. You were pretending to be "bad boy", you were pretending to do all these great things - but in reality you were just doing it to "get girls". You were trying to impress girls by being "bad boy", but once you "got the girl" you stopped doing that... So again - stop faking, stop pretending... Once a girl realizes that you are a fake she is done with you, she will start disrespecting you, and she will be looking for another guys... This girl or another...


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So that's that. Move on, stop hoping that she will come back, stop chasing her, don't contact her and focus on new girls... Accept the fact that she most likely has a new BF, and if not she is actively looking.... and should you keep your FB friendship, at least don't be surprised that she will 'suddenly' change her status in near future... She may even contact you just to see how you are doing... Tell her that you are doing great, send her your pic with happy face while hugging your new GF...
 

mb1

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Hi Dima, I hate to lead you into more pain here, but it seems like you're putting value on having "a decent pay, and all the benefits". This is common among men, which could explain why her father similarly doesn't understand.

Though being able to provide financially's important as a long-term mate prospect, the real thing women yearn for is the best genes. Perhaps she was set on her best mate prospect before joining the army and opening her access to more quality men to compare to each other. The army's an especially good place to meet an extremely masculine, authoritative man who could be skilled at giving women orgasms. Regardless of who she met there, it could have opened her eyes to seeing what she could have in the future.

In addition to meeting men with discipline over themselves, she saw those with a command over others - men whose children listen as he blows the whistle, like this: https://youtu.be/LJTRZI2HThU
 

ProblemSolving

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Dima,

You will forever be at the mercy of women if you don't understand how attraction/investment works in relationships. Read and apply what's contained in these articles and you won't have to worry about women cheating or leaving you again:

https://www.girlschase.com/content/its-not-your-investment-her-its-hers-you

https://www.girlschase.com/content/how-make-girl-fall-love-you

Don't try to get this one back. She's made no attempt to get back with you, so forget about her. Once you have internalized and applied what's contained in these articles you will become a man that women fall head over heels in love with, and they STAY in love with.
 

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A few clarifications:

Drck:

About 5 months into our relationship we started talking about moving together, but since she said she have signed a contract with the military for half a year, we decided that first she will finish with the military, and then we will move in together.
>>>> First Red Flag with this girl. She starts postponing life with you, she started to 'move away' from you and not together. Watch what she does vs what she says...
+++ She suggested moving in together, i postponed it saying she should first finish her military time, and then we will move in together.

and she said that she felt like I have dragged her into my family, she felt pressure from my parents, and she got cold feet. She said that at some point, she noticed that she become less and less attracted to me.
>>>> Well, true. Again, she is young, she is around lots of horny guys... she simply doesn't want to saddle down at this time no matter how great you are...
+++ We were not talking about saddling down, its not just her that is not ready to saddle down, but also for me it is too soon- i'm not in that stage of my life yet.

She still talks to my friends, and I to her friends, but we have not been talking to each other. I have read Chases’ article on “how to get your girlfriend back” and it seems to be #2. I became a boring, grey high-tech office worker.
>>>> Don't try to get her back, it is pointless. Anything you'll do will only show that you are needy, that you don't have self-respect, that you don't have abundance mentality, that you are chasing her and so forth. All that will work against you, she will see you as a weak guy - which will onlyfurther justify her break up with you...
+++ At the moment i'm not chasing her, and i will not chase her, because when i trusted my gut last time, it told me "she is getting away- chase her!!!"- and we know where chasing them is leading. As Chase stated in his article, getting her back is not about chasing her, but rather creating the conditions that will make her show interest in me and chase me- i.e.- becoming the man woman find irresistable, and cultivating the abundance mentality, and i do need to get my fundemantles and personality straight, before i could consider getting her back, because maybe by the time i will get myself on the straight again, i wouldn't want her back at all.

I truly want her back, and I’m willing to commit to go through the change to get her back, and I understand what I have done that have led to the brake-up
>>>> Eh, stop it. Don't blame yourself, don't justify her behavior, it was her choice to break up. You are only putting guilt upon yourself that you did something wrong... You did nothing wrong. If she wants you back - and it seems that she is not interested - she needs to change HER behavior, not the other way... You should never change your behavior because of any girl, that only shows weakness...
+++ Correct me if i'm wrong, but in order for her to want me back, doen't she needs to see that she is not coming back into something that wasn't working for her, but rather into something new that will?
And as soon as i let my guard down, i did change me behavior for her, i started showing more neediness in wanting her around me all the time, and warking for her, instead of the othe way around- the way it was in the firts half a year of our relationship.

I'm ready to face the harsh reality, and i'm not sitting and hoping she will call or come back, i do go out and date other girls.
But in order for me not to face this situation again, whether with this one or some other girl, i need to make those traits that i was faking, to become a part of me once again, as they were before.

mb1:

I'm emphasizing it here, but usually it is not how i describe my job to a woman. The least thing i want is some gold digger to sit on her ass all day and cry for me to buy her another handbag- and this is what i like the most about this one, she is miles away from this kind of behavior.

About the military- she was talking about it from the very beggining of our relationship, even befor we were a couple. She said she wants to study, and the best and quickest way for her to get the money she needs- is the military. Besides, here is Israel, military is a must, everybody goes to the military here, and most of the guys aroud her, are way yonger than her.

Problemsolving:

You are correct, in the last years i did forgot how to maintain the attraction, and i had no real relationship experience, i know how to get a woman in bad, but i had no real relationship experience, so i had no idea how to act in order to maintain it, snd in some point i did became needie and "nice guy" because i let my guard down.

And thanks- the articles are pure gold!

And as i wrote to Drck: Correct me if i'm wrong, but in order for her to want me back, doen't she needs to see that she is not coming back into something that wasn't working for her, but rather into something new, better and more exciting that will? Doesn't she need to see that something has changed?

And thank you all for the advise!
 
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Yes. She left because she eventually came to the conclusion that she could do better than you. Pretty much the only thing that would turn it around would be to show her she made a mistake at assessing your value. You do this by bringing new girls into your life that are as hot or hotter than your ex and making sure she knows about it. However, if you were to do this, you probably wouldn't want her back anyway.
 

Drck

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The simplest and most likely the best answer is to dump her out of your mind and move on, but I know that you don't want to hear that. You believe that there is a chance for her to come back...

Is there? I don't know. In my opinion, if I put it in numbers, chances are low, say 10-20% that she will come back. The problem is that if you keep thinking about her and trying to get her back in any way, you are exercising neediness, clinginess, dependence on that pussy... you are putting her on pedestal just by thinking about her and wanting her back, you are giving her too much of a value - which as you know is what we are trying to avoid...

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About 5 months into our relationship we started talking about moving together, but since she said she have signed a contract with the military for half a year, we decided that first she will finish with the military, and then we will move in together.
>>>> First Red Flag with this girl. She starts postponing life with you, she started to 'move away' from you and not together. Watch what she does vs what she says...
+++ She suggested moving in together, i postponed it saying she should first finish her military time, and then we will move in together.
>>>> Yes, but overtime she could have changed her mind

and she said that she felt like I have dragged her into my family, she felt pressure from my parents, and she got cold feet. She said that at some point, she noticed that she become less and less attracted to me.
>>>> Well, true. Again, she is young, she is around lots of horny guys... she simply doesn't want to saddle down at this time no matter how great you are...
+++ We were not talking about saddling down, its not just her that is not ready to saddle down, but also for me it is too soon- i'm not in that stage of my life yet.
>>>> She could have also be testing you but either way, maybe she just wanted to find out where you stand and what are your plans... but it seems that your relationship istoo serious to her, which she wasn't seeking at that time... Or she could have met another guy in the mean time... Remember, she is young and pretty, there is lots of guys around in military, guys hit on her, she has lots of choices...

She still talks to my friends, and I to her friends, but we have not been talking to each other. I have read Chases’ article on “how to get your girlfriend back” and it seems to be #2. I became a boring, grey high-tech office worker.
>>>> Don't try to get her back, it is pointless. Anything you'll do will only show that you are needy, that you don't have self-respect, that you don't have abundance mentality, that you are chasing her and so forth. All that will work against you, she will see you as a weak guy - which will onlyfurther justify her break up with you...
+++ At the moment i'm not chasing her, and i will not chase her, because when i trusted my gut last time, it told me "she is getting away- chase her!!!"- and we know where chasing them is leading. As Chase stated in his article, getting her back is not about chasing her, but rather creating the conditions that will make her show interest in me and chase me- i.e.- becoming the man woman find irresistable, and cultivating the abundance mentality, and i do need to get my fundemantles and personality straight, before i could consider getting her back, because maybe by the time i will get myself on the straight again, i wouldn't want her back at all
>>>> Chase is right. The thing is - how are you going to create the condition that will make her show interest again and chase you? If you keep thinking about her and keep doing stuff to get her back (to somehow impress her), the condition is based on your needless, on giving her too much value... So that's an approach that we are trying to avoid....

It's probably quite tricky to grasp this concept. It's a concept of non-chasing, not only in actions but also on more subtle level, in thinking. There is a story about Buddha, he was seeking (chasing) enlightment for years. He did everything he could to reach enlightment, he was ready to die just to achieve it - yet it never came. So one nice day, after all those struggles, he finaly said: Oh fuck it, I don't need any enlightenment, I gave up, I stop chasing it... And at that moment it came, he became enlighted... He realized that the main barrier to achieve the enlightment was being dependent (needy) to achieve it... the more he chased it the further it kept away...

It's similar with girls. The more you do to get her back, the more you try to show yourself in better colors, the more you are dependent on having her back, the more you try to be attractive and impress her - the more she runs or stays away... But Buddha had it easy, he wasn't chasing girls. It is more difficult with girls, because even if you drop her out of your mind it doesn't necessarily mean that she will come back... She has her own mind, there are other 'players' in her life, she may no longer have feelings for you... so it all depends, regardless of what you think, feel and do...


I truly want her back, and I’m willing to commit to go through the change to get her back, and I understand what I have done that have led to the brake-up
>>>> Eh, stop it. Don't blame yourself, don't justify her behavior, it was her choice to break up. You are only putting guilt upon yourself that you did something wrong... You did nothing wrong. If she wants you back - and it seems that she is not interested - she needs to change HER behavior, not the other way... You should never change your behavior because of any girl, that only shows weakness...
+++ Correct me if i'm wrong, but in order for her to want me back, doen't she needs to see that she is not coming back into something that wasn't working for her, but rather into something new that will?
And as soon as i let my guard down, i did change me behavior for her, i started showing more neediness in wanting her around me all the time, and warking for her, instead of the othe way around- the way it was in the firts half a year of our relationship.
>>>> She may want to go back to you, I don't know. But remember again, it is her choice, her feelings... No matter what you do, she has her own mind, her decisions, her life... It's not only you. You can contribute only 50% to that relationship, and she has to contribute the other 50% in order to make it work... You can't really "make her" to become attracted to you again or come back to you...

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Anyway, good luck. IMO maybe the best way in your case would be if you can get together and talk, see if you can find out what she is looking for, whether she considers coming back... After all she has a good connection with you. Show concern about her, show that you care about her without being overly needy, show that you are interested in the relationship yet not dependent on her... See what happens, then go from there...
 

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I wouldn't take the break up too personally. Sounds to me like you both have different prerogatives. She got into a relationship at 17 or 18 and stayed in it for 5 years. After six months she got into a one year relationship with you. Sounds to me like this woman doesn't want to be held down in a long term relationship. She's in the prime of her life and wants to date around and see what's out there for her. She wants to see what she can get while at the same time having some no-strings-attached-fun. At this point, just try to understand that she is doing what you probably would have done at the age of 23. Give her that freedom to explore and discover while you continue to work on yourself.

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