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erosartist

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Hi Chase (and others),

I recently discovered the website and these boards. I have been piling over posts on game and relationships and have talked to a lot of my friends about this and I am still spending a lot of time on this so I decided to post and see if i can get any solid advice for my specific situation.

I was dating a girl that lives 65 miles away for about 4-5 months. I am 35 and she is 33. It started casual. We hit it off on the first date (we had really good sex) and our relationship was mostly based on very good sex. I don't think we met once and didn't have sex. She reached multiple orgasms every time and was very into it. One month into it, we mostly saw each other on the weekend but we would pretty much spend most of the weekend together living like a couple. She met my friends and she included me in her life right from the bat. The week we would each go to our homes and jobs due to the distance and communication through the week would be limited to maybe one phone call and a few texts (neither of us was good on the phone). Throughout, we did enjoy each other's company and we did have feelings for each other and I think we were more serious than a casual relationship. I truly believe we were into each other and I really like this girl.

About 4 months into it, I got bogged down with work and other concerns, so I neglected her a little more than i should have. Failed to reply to some texts, stood her up once when she was with her friends for a few hours without notice etc. She complained a couple of times but I blew her off. She also had complains that i am being elusive and not letting her in my life (although she would not ask specific questions - I just did not volunteer information about what i was doing/feeling/thinking)

Then on a couple of occasions, I ended up treating her like a booty call. She wanted to make plans for the weekend, i was not committal and blew her off, and then on Saturday evening I went to her house. She let me in (she was a bit drunk) and although pissed off, she let me have sex with her. I think she still enjoyed it but was obviously pissed off at me for "disrespecting" her and "failing to communicate" and "being deceiptful" with her and treating her as a "last priority". (her words). The next day, she told me we were at a crossroads in the relationship but i joked around about it and dismissed the question and told her that i want things to be as they were with no pressure.

She then got a bit cold with me (but not super cold). I could still lead her but she was a bit reluctant and hesitant. It seemed to be the beginning of her auto-rejection phase. The colder she got, the colder I got and the week we were apart we didn't communicate much. The following weekend was the first weekend she preferred to see her girlfriends than me. I got pissed off and went to see her anyway unannounced, that pissed her off even more because I did not "respect her space". We still had sex but the magic was gone out of that as well. She did reach an orgasm but then she was tired and wanted to go to bed (in previous times, she would reach many and she would not stop until I was done as well and was overly concerned about pleasing me). She did not want to cuddle either, which used to be her favorite....

Upset that the sex was not as good as before and that she gave me a cold shoulder overnight, i confronted her and she told me that she may have lost trust in me and was not sure if she could regain it. She told me she is trying to decide and that the jury was still out. In a knee-jerk reaction to regain what was lost and being a needy Alpha, i went into a tailspin, did a complete 180 degree turn and and I showered her with clingy attention. I panicked. So what followed was flowers, love notes etc. telling her that I am crazy for her etc.

The next week she had a scheduled week off to go see her family far away. She told me she needed time to think about it. I let her be. Sent her maybe 2-3 cute/clingy text messages but that was it. She replied with hours-delay in a cold way. The day she got back, I wrote her an email that i wanted to see her for coffee and talk about things. She called me back that evening and told me that she got my email and that she does not think this will work and that she thought we should stop seeing each other.

I went into panic mode again and lost it. I pleaded with her that I do not want to lose her but she was firm. Polite (she was always polite) but firm. I told her that I would go down to see her and she tells me in person and she warned me not to. I told her i did not care and that she cannot tell me what to do and what not to do. In the end, i was so blindsided with emotions so I drove down that night to see her although she had warned me that she would not open the door this time (both previous times she did and we ended up in bed). I went anyway.

I stood outside her house for a while knocking. She would not reply. In the end, after A LOT of knocking, she told me to get away or she would call the cops. I told her that she can call the cops and (being the drama queen) that "i would go to jail for her if i had to". I told her that i only wanted to talk to her and look at her eye-to-eye in the doorstep but she refused to open and told me that she does not trust me and that I disrespected her. She warned me SEVERAL times and i challenged her to call the cops. In the end she did. The cops came, She told them that she just wanted me to leave and not arrest me or anything, so we exchanged pleasantries and they told me to leave. So things got a bit extreme.

That very night, in a surprising manner, I sat down and wrote to her a "farewell email".

Her calling the cops, I figured i will never see this girl again.

The email covers ALL the topics here:
https://www.girlschase.com/content/how-g ... riend-back

The funny thing is that i knew nothing of this sort of "game" or had no intention of doing this to get her back. It just came out from the heart but it is textboook for a farewell email under "#1 - Screw you jerk" scenario. (although I am not sure if i am a #1 scenario, or a #2 scenario due to the late-arrived neediness)

In a surprising manner, a week later, she replied to my email (although I asked for no reply - the email was more of a farewell forever email and that i will never bother her again). She told me that she "does not know how to reply / what to say and that she appreciates all i wrote and that she hopes I am well".
I never replied. (there were no questions).

It's been a week (two weeks since breakup) and still radio silence on both ends. I was advised to let things cool off or do NC to get over her.

If she had not replied, I would think this was a lost cause but I DO want this girl back. I objectively think she is marriage material as a person. She was cool and we were compatible. I am a difficult person and although i can get game, she is quality and I want to put the work to get her back if possible.

A couple of things of relevance here:
1) We are not connected at all. No facebook friends, no common social circles, no common friends, nothing. We live 65 miles away in a heavily populated area, so If there is no direct contact, I will probably NEVER see her again. I don't have her number any more (deleted it that night)- just her email.
2) She came out of a 10 year relationship with someone who had cheated on her repeatedly. I never cheated on her but I think she has trust issues because of that. She is still in contact with him still, although she had told me in our heyday that she would NEVER take him back but she loves him because they know each other since kids (never met the guy and he lives far far away).

Do you think i should contact her lightly and try to build "friendly communication" and in what way? Or should i maintain NC and if yes, for how long? Should i tell her that maybe we can be friends and see where that takes us? In all honesty the relationship was heavily sexual, we were never friends but this was probably my fault because I was aloof. I think she wanted to all along. I am confused as to where this fits in and what the best course of action is.

Thanks.
 

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erosartist,

This one didn't sound too bad at first, and it sounded like it might be one of those situations that was salvageable. Unfortunately, your story continued to get worse and worse and LITERALLY took a nosedive at the point where you started acting needy/clingy AND disobeying her warnings to stay away from her. Being demanding to see her in the first place is a big no-no when you're needing something from HER, but then IGNORING her requests to give her space and doing it anyway sends you straight into the gutter.

Personally, I don't think this one is salvageable by anything you can do proactively. Your best bet is to begin reading the relationship material on this website and start changing yourself into a guy who's capable of balancing both his aloofness and his empathy into a happy medium. As of right now, it sounds like you are someone who operates on extremes in a relationship (too aloof and unreceptive, or polar opposite, too needy and clingy when things go south). One of the things we preach heavily on this website in all forms of seduction and relationships is finding the happy medium between extremes. You have to know how to calmly (and quickly) resolve conflict in your relationships when they arise without completely ignoring it (which was what you did first) or completely capitulating to it (which is what you did second). It not only makes the girl feel like you don't understand her (or care about her), but it also makes you come across as an unstable relationship partner -- which is exactly what women avoid like the plague when looking for something long-term.

No contact for a heavy period of time and changing yourself MIGHT lead her to contact you again and try to resolve things if the sex really was as good as you say it was. That is probably your only saving grace at this moment since it will be likely she can't get the same sexual experience from any other man anytime soon. Even then, you shouldn't be counting on this to happen. It would be much healthier for you to assume the relationship is completely over and that you should start meeting new women to get your mind off of her. There are always amazing women right around the corner; you just have to be capable of meeting them and moving things forward with them, which is exactly what this website teaches you how to do.

Again, there is nothing you can proactively do to make this situation any better, and there are plenty of things you can proactively do to make it worse. So focus your attention on improving yourself as a man, and practice bedding new women and finding that happy medium between satisfying them not only sexually but also emotionally as well.

I hope this helps.

(As an aside, her hearing/seeing about you making another woman happy will inevitably be one of your best tools for getting her back, although your distance, lack of connection through social media, and current circumstances probably won't allow for that too easily; this is why no contact until she contacts you is your best option. By that time, you just might be with a new girl who's just as good -- and probably better -- than her anyway)

- Franco
 

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Franco,

Thanks for the assessment and the advice. I agree with you and this is exactly where i thought i was. She had even mentioned about the sudden swings raising "red flags" for her.

I thought this was completely burnt as well but the only thing that threw me off is the fact that she replied to my farewell email and i did not know what that meant. Why would she reply like that and why would she reply at all to begin with...?

I am already on the rebound sexually but not emotionally. I am picky on long-term partners and this girl had her shit together on so many levels and after i cooled off and thought it out, I objectively think it would be hard to find someone else at par (not impossible of course but hard). I know that the girl is looking for a life partner and my only saving grace is indeed the sex but I think i overplayed its importance in my mind (took her for granted).

i suppose this is so damaged, i need to wait at least until the "longing phase" of things. What worries me is the lack of social connections and distance...
 

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I thought this was completely burnt as well but the only thing that threw me off is the fact that she replied to my farewell email and i did not know what that meant. Why would she reply like that and why would she reply at all to begin with...?

The fact that she even replied is really the best that you could hope for considering you were the one who was needy/clingy in the end. It shows that she at least does not want to harbor ill feelings toward you and that she also does not want to completely close the communication channel if she decides to change her mind.

That being said, it sounds like you did enough "crazy" things that, every time she misses you, she'll remember the crazy shit you did and decide it's better not to contact you. This is why you you really want to learn how to control your emotions in a relationship so that you don't do the types of things you did. And luckily for you, I'm speaking from exactly the same experience here that lead me to this website -- I lost a girl in a similar manner (by pissing her off about something and then driving to her work to see her when she wasn't expecting it; she got extremely upset and never contacted me again). Funny to think that that was actually slightly less than three years ago. I was in a depression for about 4 months before stumbling upon this website, and it ultimately changed my life within a year's time.

I am already on the rebound sexually but not emotionally. I am picky on long-term partners and this girl had her shit together on so many levels and after i cooled off and thought it out, I objectively think it would be hard to find someone else at par (not impossible of course but hard). I know that the girl is looking for a life partner and my only saving grace is indeed the sex but I think i overplayed its importance in my mind (took her for granted).

Believe me when I'm say I'm very picky as well, and most guys I know at least like to BELIEVE they are picky, so it's not uncommon. However, I actually have a new girlfriend since then that's better than the girl from my story. I'll give you a realistic time-table: it took me about an entire year of approaching and bedding new women to come across one that was girlfriend-worthy. So don't expect to find a girl to REPLACE her very soon. Instead, you need to learn to enjoy bedding attractive women while keeping your eyes and ears peeled for one who has the qualities you look for in a long-term partner. The more effort you put into meeting women, the faster you will find one of the same quality (or better) than this girl.

The "longing" phase is the toughest to deal with, but I can also tell you from experience that it doesn't "go away on its own" (as some friends will probably try to console you with "it just takes time"). How long it takes is directly proportional to the effort you put into meeting new, attractive women and learning to take them to bed and/or into relationships with relative ease.

- Franco
 
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Thanks Franco. It's good to know i am not the only fool who has done this... got to learn the hard way i suppose.

Franco said:
The fact that she even replied is really the best that you could hope for considering you were the one who was needy/clingy in the end. It shows that she at least does not want to harbor ill feelings toward you and that she also does not want to completely close the communication channel if she decides to change her mind.

So you are saying that any re-approach on my end is a no-no (even a friendly "how are you" email maybe a month down the road) and maintain NC indefinitely is the ONLY course here?
 

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Franco said:
That being said, it sounds like you did enough "crazy" things that, every time she misses you, she'll remember the crazy shit you did and decide it's better not to contact you. This is why you you really want to learn how to control your emotions in a relationship so that you don't do the types of things you did. And luckily for you, I'm speaking from exactly the same experience here that lead me to this website -- I lost a girl in a similar manner (by pissing her off about something and then driving to her work to see her when she wasn't expecting it; she got extremely upset and never contacted me again). Funny to think that that was actually slightly less than three years ago. I was in a depression for about 4 months before stumbling upon this website, and it ultimately changed my life within a year's time.

Very true on the "crazy things". so your gal never contacted you again EVER?
 

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So you are saying that any re-approach on my end is a no-no (even a friendly "how are you" email maybe a month down the road) and maintain NC indefinitely is the ONLY course here?

Yep. She needs to contact you.

Very true on the "crazy things". so your gal never contacted you again EVER?

There's more to the story. It's a very long one, but let's just say I did something right after that just as crazy that probably made her ultimately not want to contact me again. We had only been seeing each other for like 3 months, so it was similar to yours where it wasn't some deep-rooted relationship where we knew each other's friends and family.

I actually contacted her by text almost a year after no contact to see if she would reply, and she did, but she quickly stopped talking to me after the emotional rush wore off. I haven't talked to her since. Last time I checked on Facebook (which was probably almost a year ago at this point), she had a new boyfriend.

- Franco
 

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Sorry mate - after a girl calls the cops on you to kick you off her lawn - I don't think there's much you can do. Essentially, you've done too much.

Keep strong and carry on,
I wish you the best.
- Joy


Edit: In the end you said she was marriage material but I think you're deluding yourself because you over-invested. Remember, you were casual from the get go and the only time you began to treat her seriously was when she was on the brink of leaving. Let her go.
 
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