Almost a week of NC! It's so hard!

[Confused_Soul_23]

Thought I would post on here to here you guys tell me it's a bad idea to get intouch.

 

Up untill last Saturday we had been at 1 week NC after her telling me the week before she loves me and isn't sure what she wants.

 

I decided to contact her then on that Saturday she replied straight away and we messaged back and fourth for an hour or so, she did say she missed me but its not right and she didn't want to meet because it will confuse things. Then I got the "we can be friends" to which I didn't reply. Then an hour or so later she texts again to say "so you don't want to be friends" I didn't reply again and not heard since.

 

I think she will expect me to contact her again this weekend like I did last. I keep thinking she will come back for some silly reason

[heart12]

If the last thing she messaged you was about being friends- that is the PERFECT time to go no contact. Maintain it.

[aloneinaz]

I know it's natural to want someone back who rejects us. In this case, she told you by her actions that she didn't want you in her life anymore and wanted to find another guy. You then contacted her and she threw out "we can be friends" BS.

 

You need to be more prideful and have the backbone to NOT chase some who rejected you. She left you because she didn't think it would work. Why keep giving her the ego bust by contacting her? You need to say F-her, I'll find someone who will appreciate me for me.

 

In the meantime, you're only option is to go NC and disappear from her life. If she reaches out to you in the coming weeks or months with "just wanted to say hi", you need to ignore her. She's only curious why you stopped chasing her and her ego is now bruised a bit.

[Confused_Soul_23]

Yeh check my other thread it gives more detail of why I broke no contact last week. I didn't beg for her back or anything. It gives a little more background info too

[Simon Phoenix]

Yeh check my other thread it gives more detail of why I broke no contact last week. I didn't beg for her back or anything. It gives a little more background info too

 

Well, don't do it again.

[Sneaky]

Stay strong, weekends are the worst. I'm dreading it already but lets both stay the course.

[Mack05]

It's more fun getting kicked in the stones then sticking to NC. It is brutal. Here is a NC guide I post a lot. Also an iconic thread on NC here ->http://www.loveshack.org/forums/breaking-up-reconciliation-coping/breaks-breaking-up/366654-caliguy-no-contact-guide-updated

 

Hope it helps..When you get close to breaking NC (WHEN) try reading these back again or post looking for support. It does get better but for sure I remember this part..It's so hard..

 

"There are normally 7 reasons that keep us stuck in a rut, that makes us want to break NC. These reasons are listed below..

 

1) Why can't we be friends. After a breakup the work each person has to do is lose the couple identity. Each person needs to establish again his or hers identity and no longer see themselves as part of the couple they once were. Therefore being friends in the aftermath of a breakup is a complete NO NO! The atmosphere is too emtionally charged. You both need time to get yourselves together. If you leave each other alone initially you may come back later as saner, more grounded people with a better chance of being friends. But right now you need to concentrate on yourself and your healing..

 

2) I Must have Closure. You may have many questions, but you need to accept that some will never get answered. Even if you have questions that seem to drive you crazy, you must decide that the answers don't matter, probably won't make sense, probably aren't going to satisfy you and are not going to give you any sense of closure. It is your responsibility to accept that you may have to close this chapter without answers, explanations, and without input from someone else. It is not only possible for you to survive without the answers but it's necessary. Staying in the questions, repeating them and ruminating over the possible answers will only keep you stuck. Despite your fervent belief that somehow one final scene with your ex will lead to closure, it will not. You don't need to know what your ex thinks or why your ex did this or that, to move on. If you want closure, you need to do the grief work, intergrate the experience into your life and turn the page. That is how closure happens...FROM WITHIN..

 

3) I just need to make sense of it all" and I just have one more thing to say to you before I let go"...You may think that if you can just talk sense into your ex, then everything will be fine. You may have heard illogical or unreasonable explanations that left you stunned and speechless at the time, but now they go round and round in your head and you can think of a thousand rebuttals to them all. As you ruminate on the things your ex said, you come up with reasons your ex is wrong, and then you start to imagine how having a change to talk things out will resolve all the misunderstandings. It becomes your impassioned belief that you can have a conversation and turn the wrongheadedness around. If your ex dumped you and you think it was the wrong thing to do, he or she needs to figure that out. You can't be the one to "fix" your ex's thinking. The bottom line is that if your ex see's things in a cockeyed way now, he or she is going to continue to see things the same way whenever you are not around to correct this twisted prespective. It takes hard work and constant vigilance to keep someone "thinking correctly", and you don't want that kind of responsibility or control. The fact is you need to accept that you have been with someone whose approach to life is simply incompatible to yours. Perhaps it was evident that you thought in different ways, saw the world differently, and operated on irreconcilable differences but you chose to ignore it or worked hard to correct it. You can't ignore dissimilar viewpoints any longer. Accept the fact that you think differently and let it go so you can find someone whose way of thinking is compatible with yours.

 

4) I want to be available for reconciliation. Sometimes people don't acknowledge that they are staying in touch to keep hope of reconciliation alive. Examining your quest for contact and being honest about your real intentions will help you stop making excuses to make contact. Even if it is your fervent hope that you will reconcile, taking a break and going NC will help you regardless of what happens down the line. You both have been through a trying time, and you must face that a break will do each of you the world of good. Now is the time to reassess where you've been and where you are going, even if you are going there together. You will need to take stock of yourself and the relationship so that you can figure out what went wrong and what needs to go right in future. Until communicate ends (and it should end for at least 60 days and until your ex reaches out (you should never be the one that reaches out) it is impossible to do that. Even if you do reconcile, the relationship you knew has ended, so you must grieve for the relationship has passed and move on from what once was. Because if you do reconcile (and the odds are long against) it has to be different than it was before or it will just fail. Again.

 

5) I just need to give this stuff back...People become very creative in finding ways to stay in contact with their exe's. One of the most innocent ploys you hear about is when one person insists on retrieving something - a piece of clothing, a household item that belongs to him or her. Think about how important the item really is. If you need to return it, put it in a box and mail it. No note, no nothing. If you are the one who wants it, think about it. Is it worth more than your sanity?Probably not. Making a clean break is important, so clear up loose ends immediately. Avoid keeping anything or leaving anything that can be asked for later on. If you still have things return them. If there are things you have left behind ask for them once more (if its important to you) otherwise forget it and move on.

 

6) Im just so Horny! Continuing a physical relationship after giving up the committed relationship and its inherent respondsibilities is a prescription for trouble. Do not buy into "friends with benefits" scenarios. Benefits must have corresponding respondsibilites and if they don't you are using each other. So stop it and grow up. There is no such thing as "friends with benefits". There is only friends who have no idea what they're doing to the detriment of themselves and each other. Don't do it with your ex or anyone else for that matter. Conduct your life with dignity, and don't give away anything unless the person you're giving it to takes some responsibility toward you, especially if he or she is an ex lover. If it's dead bury it. Don't sleep with it.

 

7) We run in the same circles. There are many situations where full NC is impossible. In this case, NC means that you don't speak unless it's necessary and you don't use bumping into each other as an excuse to call, email or text later on. Work/College breakups are very difficult. It is hard to be prefessional when everyone knows your business. You might need to draw some lines with your ex and agree on saying nothing at work/college about the breakup. The last thing you need at the office/class everyday is all your colleagues gossiping about you. Try to talk to your ex about the ground rules for discussing the relationship at work before the rumour mill gets going. Agree to keep it very business like, and only share your personal pain with close friends who do not work/study with your ex. Keep the boundaries very clear. Focus on you not him/her, keep your side of the street clean even if your ex doesn't.

Remember continuing to seek contact or respond to contact just keeps you stuck and adds to your hurt. It's counterproductive to building a new and meaningful life. We all deserve better..."

[mtnbiker3000]

^^^^ Hmmm. Very interesting. I have not seen these in my travels around LS. But luckily for me I can answer them like this:

 

1. No. Absolutely not.

 

2. Ahhhhh. This is probably the hardest one for me. Getting close to being OK with this, but it's hard!!

 

3. Did this a little bit within the first week or two, but not since. I realize now, it is pointless!!! Save yourself the embarrassment.

 

4. Never. Never. Never. Not happening!!

 

5. No. Take care of all of this immediately after the BU and be done with it. This was hard for me as we lived together and had so many things to split up and decide who's getting what. Can be a nightmare.

 

6. Be content with being by yourself for a while. And yes, you can even satisfy yourself too. If you need to be with someone else to ease this craving, find someone besides the ex!!

 

7. No. Find new circles. Luckily, my ex and I had our own groups of friends and don't cross paths…