Yeah. Clear commitment requires a leap of faith from me, really. This leap of faith was on my mind for some time, but hard to actually decide to take it!
Interestingly, back last winter I mentioned this girl to an older guy and his wife (who were friends of my mother). They are in their 50s, seemingly happily married with 2 grown children. The guy said to me "don't think and wait too long...the girl is nice and comes from a good family...Just go for it, get married, see what the new path brings you...and maybe your current difficulties will resolve themselves after you radically change your life...don't let the life pass you by. If it doesn't work out, you can easily divorce"
His words stuck with me, and I have been thinking about it since.
If you're at the point where you're sick of the game (which is what it sounds like), and you've got a girl you like, depression or no, then it is not terrible advice.
It's been my approach from square one, personally.
I know a lot of guys in red pill and whatever are terrified of marriage, but it's like... divorce is easy. True divorce rape is rare (
I have a guide on avoiding it here). The one catch is if you have kids and she's not the right chick -- then it can be messy trying to split that up. But "right chick" is even a bit of an oxymoron. I know a bunch of ex-players with families, as well as regular guys with families, and there is not a single one who has "the perfect relationship where the wife is always perfect."
This guide might be useful for decision making:
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One thing here. If whenever I contact her (in a few days, in a month, whenever) and she is hesitant about meeting "I need to think about it / I am not sure", do I just completely back off and resume radio silence?
How bad do you want it?
You need to figure that out.
Because if you don't want it, just don't bother... just let her fade out.
If you DO want it, then you need to get her out and not take no for an answer.
The same thing that works for getting flaky girls out on dates works for girls in rocky relationships trying to flake off from meeting you:
- You text to meet up.
- She texts "I don't know / not sure / need time / blah blah blah"
- You IMMEDIATELY call as soon as her text comes in: "Hey. What's going on. What are you thinking? Where are you right now. Come on, let's meet. Come over. Okay tonight then."
- Then when she comes over you lay it all down.
It's pretty cut-and-dry with this chick. She needs a clear future with a man. If you decide you want that with her, you just need to get her out then run her through it. Paint the picture for her: "Look, I want X with you, and Y, and Z. I think we can do X right now. I also have a few things I want from you. I want you to A. I want you to B. I want you to C. Can you do those?"
Then when she agrees you can do the "I love you baby. Even if you don't love me

" bit and bang her senseless so she starts talking about how "I think I was wrong, I do love you, oh God I love you so much" etc. bit.
But basically: this girl wants the life, she wants it with you, she doesn't think she can get it, she doesn't feel you leading her.
If you decide you want it with her, just lead her, and don't accept no for an answer. She is going to go with you if you lead and persist. If you back off and give up she won't.
However, IF you are going to back off and give up, just don't bother... you'll just be wasting both of your time.
In that case (if you are going to back off or otherwise not deliver the goods), just let her go and go meet some new girls. Plenty of fish in the sea (including ones whom you won't have to fight through depression or instability issues with, who won't require you to lead as firmly, and so on).
Chase
P. S. There is still the possibility
@Teevster raised here where there's another man in the picture and her emotions are switching over to him. Usually when that happens the guy getting swapped out doesn't realize it's occurring, he just knows his girl is suddenly pulling away, raising all these issues, etc. The 'tell' for that in this case is if you get her out, tell her you want what she wants that you are ready to deliver on, list out your conditions for her, and she is still going "I don't know... well, I don't know... I just don't know."
If that happens you need to dig into what her reservations are. If she starts raising reservations you have already addressed, that's the alarm bell that there is likely another rooster in the hen house. If it's not an "other guy problem", you should be able to get her to the point where she completely folds to your frame at some point with enough persistence, breaks down emotionally, confesses she wants to be with you so bad, etc. If there's another guy, no matter how much you persist she will not fold, because she is that other guy's now, not yours.
Good luck!