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I just got dumped by a girlfriend of over a year. The warning signs were there, but I just didn't pay them any attention.

 

1.) About three weeks ago, and then last week, she said "I need to ask you a serious question. Is this going somewhere, us?"

 

2.) From the time we started dating until about two weeks ago, she always had my picture as the background of her iPhone. It was changed to a generic background of clouds or whatever recently.

 

Another girl that dumped me back in college, I went over to her dorm room, and she hugged me and said "I don't want to lose you." She dumped me shortly after that.

 

Anyone else have any good warning signs to be on the lookout for?

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When they start picking fights with you. You know she's looking for a reason to make you the culprit. I've witnessed this through friends, clear as day.

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Thanks, TitanWolf, very good one. I hadn't thought of that one, mainly because I've never been subjected to it. But they will often try to make you the bad guy when they dump you by manipulating the situation like this.

 

Rocketman, I think the "we need to talk" statement is the breakup. I'm talking about things they'll say or do days or weeks prior to the breakup.

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- They start saying or doing things that they know bother you.

- They stop caring about your opinion, or stop asking for your input.

- They start acting secretive.

- Affection and sex stop or slow way down.

- They stop picking up your calls, and don't reply to emails, texts, calls.

- Your priority level in their life goes down.

- They start working out, dressing differently, or acting differently.

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- The girl stops showing any interest in hanging out with you.

- The girl stops calling you/ stops picking up your calls.

- The girl stops being affectionate with you (ie: will pull her hand back if you try to hold it, won't initiate kissing, will turn down sex.)

- The girl will appear emotionally withdrawn, distracted.

- The girl will become snippy, easily irritated, she may start arguments.

- The girl will become extremely critical, pointing out all the things that now annoy her.

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pteromom and KatZee pretty much have it covered. Another sign is they have become friends with another guy. Most likely, that guy is moving in on your girl being her friend first then gives her "advice" on your relationship.

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- She accepts your family heirloom engagement ring and is the happiest girl on earth.

- She calls you multiple times throughout the day.

- Texts you that she misses you and "more"

 

oh.. wait. Disregard this list. Only my wack job ex is this screwed up.

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I just got dumped by a girlfriend of over a year. The warning signs were there, but I just didn't pay them any attention.

 

1.) About three weeks ago, and then last week, she said "I need to ask you a serious question. Is this going somewhere, us?"

 

2.) From the time we started dating until about two weeks ago, she always had my picture as the background of her iPhone. It was changed to a generic background of clouds or whatever recently.

 

Another girl that dumped me back in college, I went over to her dorm room, and she hugged me and said "I don't want to lose you." She dumped me shortly after that.

 

Anyone else have any good warning signs to be on the lookout for?

 

Can I ask you a question? What was your answer to her when she inquired where your relationship was going?

 

And as to the girl who dumped you back in college... had you done something for her to suddenly have a change of heart (i.e. to "lose you")?

 

I'm not playing devil's advocate, I'm just very curious.

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What was your answer to her when she inquired where your relationship was going?

 

I told her I don't know. I mean, she might as well have asked me if I was gonna marry her. Of course, she asks this at the end of a 14 hour day at my desk, I'm exhausted and mentally drained at the time.

 

I'm convinced, anytime your girl starts acting strange like this, it's because she's allowed another guy into the picture. Always.

 

I just want to know the warning signs so I can make first strike next time. Sadly, dumping a girl is one of the best ways to make her fall more in love with you. I hate this, but it's true. When you get dumped, all you can think about is the person who dumped you. It's emotional investment, and the more investment she makes, the more she'll love you.

 

I also noticed she was a tad bit snippy towards the end and she did a few things that she probably knew would bother me.

 

With relationships now days, it's almost a horse race to see who can dump who first. Cell phones have ruined humanity forever.

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I've been dumped a few times in the past :p

 

Number 1 for me is communication from their end dwindles to almost nothing.

 

They start to break plans often without giving 2 sh*ts about how much preparation you may have put into them.

 

They'll often not be able to see you because one of their friends is in some strife & needs their comforting. Of course it isn't true and if in these final moments, you need some comforting they're 'too busy'

 

Etc, etc

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Yes, I agree, unavailable to spend time with you is a HUGE red flag after you've slept with them a few times, even if there's not a real "relationship" established yet.

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(1) Texts that end the conversation whether than encourage it along. "Hope you have a good day!" in response to your text versus "How is your day going?"

 

(2) More and more big plans in her life that don't involve you. She planning a trip to somewhere she's always wanted to go with her best friend or by herself. It's a big experience for her but she wants to share that experience with someone other than you.

 

(3) She takes up hobbies she's sure you aren't into and doesn't encourage you to join in some way. A more subtle version of (2) above. It now becomes in her mind (her way of rationalizing) an issue of you two "just growing apart". See if she were still really into you, she would want to grow WITH you

 

(4) Just an overall drop in responsiveness. She could be planning a big trip to somewhere she's always wanted to go with her best friend and she could be taking up yoga as her "me" time, but if she is still happily responding to your texts and eagerly hanging out with you, then things are probably great. But if it takes longer to respond to your communication and suddenly all these other things going on in her life are getting in the way of hanging out, then it aint looking good.

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Anyone else have any good warning signs to be on the lookout for?

 

In my LTR's and M, they got mean, out of character mean, before terminating. I got no feedback in my LTR's but friends commented to me on it after my D.

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One more:

 

She makes friends with people you don't like. It's bad even if they are all female but it's 10x worse if there are guys. Related: She makes friends with people who just got out of relationships and hangs out with them A LOT. If she is going out a lot with a female friend who just broke up with her boyfriend, watch out. (Do I need to say that it's 10x worse if the friend is male?)

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**What was your answer to her when she inquired where your relationship was going?

 

I told her I don't know. I mean, she might as well have asked me if I was gonna marry her. Of course, she asks this at the end of a 14 hour day at my desk, I'm exhausted and mentally drained at the time.

 

I'm convinced, anytime your girl starts acting strange like this, it's because she's allowed another guy into the picture. Always.**

 

Bingo. That's what I thought... telling her you "don't know" is equivalent to telling her things aren't going anywhere, if you've been together for a while. Don't take it personally. She probably had the mindset to find someone who wanted to settle down, and what you told her was an answer to a big question for her. I don't necessarily believe this is any indication that she had another guy lined up. I'm sorry for the way it happened, though; you're right, cell phones and other forms of impersonal means of communication (instant messaging) have removed some sense of dignity from relationships and the communication they should have within them.

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And PS - I have nothing to sell when it comes to warning signs. I've never had a conventional break up, except for maybe when I was a teenager. Hopefully those kinds of behaviors don't apply now. Otherwise, for me, it was a series of lies, being strung along, being unreliable... I never really got closure in regards to any of my serious break-ups. They were messy and confusing. Although I can say that the men always came back, or tried to, but by then it was too late and I'd emotionally moved on. ;)

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I just thought of another red flag I failed to realize: Two weeks before the breakup, we were talking about religion and she said "you and I just don't have the same convictions".

 

You gotta compare statements like these to things she would have said when you know she was really into you. She would've never said something like that 9 months ago.

 

So, to generalize, any version of "we're just not compatible at xxxxxxx" is a warning shot that you're getting dumped soon.

 

The reason they don't break it off sooner is because now they're queuing up the next guy/victim so she doesn't have to be alone. By the time she announces the breakup, rest assured, she'll be in another guy's arms that night.

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Anyone else have any good warning signs to be on the lookout for?

 

Being irritable if you make the slightest bit of noise when she's reading a book. Doors get slammed. Pots 'moved' around the kitchen with such force that the surfaces get dented. At bedtime she "has a headache".

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