[Cpunch75]

Sadman, change your name to happyman do it......that's step one

Stop taking it personally. You are blaming yourself for this and beating yourself up.

Don't assume the outcome of what's to happen, you have no clue what's going on in her head.

Ask yourself, ask a destiny oriented question, is this woman that important in my life? is she worth my feeling this lousy and hurt?
if yes then you are saying to yourself, "I deserve this"
you don't deserve it.....cut your losses. Let her go, her world is so messed up that she can't see what a great guy you are.

Get your hair cut, call your friends, go out and get her out of your head. Stop analyzing everything- you will go Crazy I guarantee it.

Cpunch

[sadman]

I totally agree with your advice in this matter. It has been really difficult for me to let go, but I know that I have to. I've been feeling sorry for myself for the last month and now it is time to move on. She called me this morning to ask a favor and I actually had the guts to tell her no and not to call me anymore. I realize now that trying to continue a relationship with my ex would be about the same as slamming my head against a brick wall, which is not something I really want to do. Thanks for the support everyone.

Cpunch is right. Get a haircut, focus on making yourself feel better about yourself, everything stems from that.

And as an atheist (well - just a non-denominational sort of type) I appreciate a person who spells God with a capital G. Spell "sadman" with a capital S why don't you.

You can spend your whole life feeling sorry for yourself but then noone will ever want you. You have to focus on fostering your own personal inner-strength, whether you're in the relationship or out.

"A woman needs to be told that she's both attractive and desirable or else she ceases to be either" - ripped from some old French movie I think, but as a (heterosexual) man noone's going to tell you that, you have to convince yourself of it. It's a bit of an ongoing exercise.

When you wake up tomorrow you have to look yourself in the mirror and say twenty times "I'm a good guy, I'm not bad looking and I can make the world a better place" and then your world WILL become a better place.

Damn now I'm starting to sound like Tony Robbins, but it's all common sense really.

And as for this gay/hetero thing it's all a load of cr4p. Fact of the matter is everyone's somewhere inbetween, it's just that most people cling to the edges, mostly out of desperation to forge some type of self-identity. That's one wonky Bell curve.

cb
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