Believe it or not but there are actually a lot of different ways to discover why your ex boyfriend may be ignoring you. Here at Ex Boyfriend Recovery I am sad to say that I see a lot of this (ex boyfriends ignoring their ex girlfriends) thus it would be an understatement to say that I am experienced at diving in to the male mind and dissecting it. Oh, and it also helps that I am a male myself so I kind of know what I am talking about ;).
In this article I am going to be helping you understand why your ex boyfriend is ignoring your numerous attempts to reach out and contact him. However, I don’t want to stop there. I want to give you a few steps going forward that you can implement to improve your chances of getting him to speak to you.
The #1 Mistake Women Make After A Breakup
Have you ever seen the movie Jaws? In the movie John Williams composed a score for Steven Spielberg that has gone on to become a classic.
Da Da…. Da Da… Da Da Da Da Da Da…
Ok, you get the picture. Anyways, any time women call, text or show up unannounced to their ex boyfriends house I picture that music playing. Men can sense desperation and your desperate activities are the equivalent to blood in the water for a shark. Except I would say in this case instead of you ex “being the shark” he is getting the heck out of dodge and running the other way. In the end, it all boils down to what behavior is attractive and unattractive to men.
The number one mistake that women make after a breakup is becoming to needy or desperate. I really want you to understand this section so I am going to define common desperate actions that ex girlfriends take and look at them from a males perspective.
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Texting Way Too Much
I talk about this extensively in The Texting Bible…
Just sayin…
If you have read my site then you would know I am a big fan of texting to get an ex boyfriend back. That means that there is a time for texting but right after a breakup is not ideal. The problem that a lot of women make is they turn into what I like to call a text gnat. Essentially, this is a person who texts multiple times, even though they don’t get a response. I took the liberty of locating a text gnat for you so you can better understand what I am talking about here.
Check it out below:
Essentially, the form of a text “gnat” message goes like this:
The main problem here is that if you are sending that many messages without any responses it makes you look totally desperate. To give you perspective, here is how a real conversation should look:
(For more text examples check out The Texting Bible)
I want you to really notice here that in this example the other person is actually engaged in the messaging and that means it is ok to keep messaging them without seeming desperate or needy.
Now, since you are reading this page I am betting that you are seeing more of the “text gnat” example above. I want to take a moment and explain to you just how harmful that line of messaging can be.
The Male Perspective On Texting Too Much
I am not going to pull any punches here so make sure you brace yourself. To a guy attention is flattering. I am not going to lie, I love getting attention from women, nothing feels better. However, when I get too much attention from them (in the form of texting) it becomes a complete turnoff.
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Actually, it is quite simple. A girl who has to message someone that much is displaying two qualities that are a turnoff to every human being on this planet. For one, she can be way too overemotional and emotions scare guys to death. I understand that women are emotional by nature but when you show that much desperation, guys begin to get really scary thoughts. Let me give you a real example.
I remember a long time ago I was “talking” with this girl and she ended up sending me a total of 22 unanswered text messages. Now, personally speaking at first it was kind of flattering. However, once it reached that level I began to have a lot of scary thoughts.
“What if she tracks me down and tries to hurt me?”
“What if she hurts herself?”
“I hope I never see her in person again.”
The second really unattractive quality that women can display when texting too much is the fact that there is no chase involved. Call me old fashioned but I like chasing after girls. The best way I can describe this phenomenon is by comparing it to a video game. The best part of a video game is the act of trying to complete it. However, if someone were to give me all the cheat codes to the game it no longer becomes as fun. Sure, it may be a little fun at first but eventually when the cheat codes make it that easy to complete I will lose interest.
The same can be said with desperate women who text too much. It is like they hand you a cheat code and you lose all your interest after a certain amount of time.
Calling Way Too Much
I hope you read the section above because this one is almost exactly the same except you are dealing with calling instead of texting. So, the other big mistake that women make that can cause their ex boyfriend to want to ignore them is spamming his phone with calls.
I used to think I was alone in this but I soon learned that other guys are exactly like me. A guy has to be in the right mood to talk on the phone. I am a mood person by nature. If I am not in the mood to go out and see people one day then I will not do it. The same goes for phone calls. Sometimes I just don’t want to talk on the phone. If I am in that kind of mood then trust me, you aren’t going to get me to talk on the phone.
Ah, but now enters a crazy girl (no offense) that just calls you ten times a day. Not only will it creep me out on a level I have never known before but I am really not going to pick up a phone now. You see, calling adds an element that texting does not, the human voice.
With the human voice we can tell when someone is upset, angry or happy. You can tell all of that over the phone (and with a text you would have no clue.) I wanted to point this element out because I feel it adds to the fact that he may be ignoring you.
Generally speaking, someone who is calling you a lot (back to back to back.) Has two types of news.
Really incredibly news
or
Really emotional and bad news.
Since you are an ex girlfriend of his I am betting that your call is going to be filled with emotion and bad news. Why on earth would he want to take your call and face that?
The Male Perspective On Calling Too Much
Sadly I have personal experience with a girl calling too much and I can tell you there is nothing more unattractive and annoying. I think back and those experiences and just cringe because that is how uncomfortable they made me. Given a choice between someone texting too much vs someone calling too much I would always choose texting too much. Unfortunately, a lot of times what happens is when you get a girl who sends a lot of unanswered texts that leads to her calling way too much.
Part of the problem that men have with women calling too much is that they know if they pick up the phone they are going to have to talk to a really emotional human being and while some men will get off on it most of us despise it.
Writing A Long Letter Or Email Declaring Your Love
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To me letters and emails are the same thing. The only difference is that it takes longer to respond to one. I wanted to include the “love letter/email” because I see a lot of it on the site through interacting with you. Want to know what I have learned? It rarely ever works.
Again, the one thing that all of this stuff (texting, calling, letters, emails) have in common is the fact that they are all actions taken out of desperation and que the Jaws music!
What is more desperate than a long love letter or email?
In many cases it could have the opposite effect you were hoping. You see, most women send out letters with the mindset of “this will finally make him understand.” However, the mindset that most men have is “this girl is creeping me out.” I don’t know about you but if I had that mindset I am not going to really take a love letter or email seriously.
The Male Perspective On Emails/Letters
Unfortunately, I don’t have much personal experience with ex girlfriends writing me too many letters or sending too many emails.
NOBODY LOVES ME…
No just kidding, just kidding!
The closest thing I have to it is passing letters back and forth with a girlfriend in High School which is what I would hardly call “experience” (I was young and lets be honest, in high school you don’t know what you are doing half the time.) Nevertheless, I can tell you about some of my male friends that have received letters from exes and how they reacted.
One of my best friends in the world received on of these “lay it all on the line” letters and quite honestly he laughed. He didn’t laugh to her face, he laughed behind her back and even showed me the letter making fun of some of the heartfelt words that she had said. Now, if she had tried a different approach she would have had him on his hands and knees begging for her back (I know my buddy, trust me it is possible.) However, she tried the desperate approach and this is what happens when you go full on desperate, you get laughed at behind your back.
Do not be one of those girls please!
More Common Reasons That Men Ignore Women
In the section above I talked about some of the main reasons that an ex boyfriend would ignore his girlfriend (desperation, neediness that whole thing.) I am not going to lie to you, in 85% of the cases everything I discussed above is the main reason that he would want to ignore you. This section is the extra 15% that I didn’t cover.
He Is Doing It On Purpose To Punish You
Some men have a really warped mindset. If they don’t get their way in a relationship (or even after one) they will find ways to manipulate you emotionally. Usually you hear stories about women doing this to men but it can go both ways. One way that exes know they can get under your skin is to simply ignore you for a couple of days. Now, I do want to point out that this is essentially the same thing I recommend doing with the no contact rule. However, there is one major difference. When you do something like the no contact rule you really don’t want to ignore your ex boyfriend, you want to give him time to calm down and also improve yourself in the process.
When men start ignoring you on purpose it is coming from a place of rage just because they know it will punish you. How would I know that you ask?
The Male Perspective On Ignoring To Punish
I am ashamed to say that I have used this method once before. It was in my very first relationship ever and as you can imagine, that version of me was not a great guy. Anyways, I didn’t like the way the relationship was going so I ended up ignoring my girlfriend for an entire day. I didn’t do it because I needed a break or a refresh, which I think would be ok, I did it from a place of anger to punish my girlfriend. I was literally delighted when she sent me ten texts back to back asking where I was. I watched as she worried about me and as she apologized for anything that she did wrong (she did do something wrong but FYI but ignoring her was not the way to deal with it.)
It is not something I am very proud of and I would handle that situation completely differently now but I wanted to prove to you that deep down all men are capable of something like that so it could be a reason that he is ignoring you.
He Is Using The No Contact Rule On You
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Take the quizThis one is really rare. It is so rare in fact that I have never encountered it before. Essentially how this works is that your ex boyfriend is using the no contact rule on you on purpose. It is one of those rare cases where you kind of want him back and he kind of wants you back.
I made a joke on this site one time in the comments. It went something like this: “wouldn’t it be funny if you were no contacting your ex while he was no contacting you because you both wanted each other back?” For some reason my joke stuck with me because the more I thought about it the more I realized that this is entirely possible. Like I said though, it is really rare.
The Male Perspective On The No Contact Rule
I think in 95% of the cases a guy is not going to use the no contact rule. I don’t think I can be included in the “get your ex back” conversation because I know so much about it. For example, if I wanted a girlfriend back I would know exactly what to do. So, this is one case where I am the exception to the rule and my insight kind of suffers because of it.
All I can tell you is that it is highly unlikely (but still likely) that your ex is ignoring you for this reason.
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He Really Doesn’t Want To Talk To You Anymore
I didn’t create this site to get your hopes up by feeding you false logic. Actually, the true story behind me creating this site was I typed “how to get your ex boyfriend back” in Google and thought to myself “I can totally do a better job than these jokers.” One thing I do pride myself on is the fact that I don’t pull punches with people. I tell them like it is and sometimes that means facing truths like this:
It might be possible that your ex boyfriend wants nothing to do with you anymore which is why he is ignoring you.
It is unfortunate but it could be the truth. Women who wind up in situations like this have typically wronged their ex in horrific ways. I have a buddy whose wife actually cheated on him eight different times with eight different men. Now, I don’t know about you but I don’t blame him for wanting nothing to do with that girl.
Anyways, the real warning sign that you can use to figure out if this is the reason your ex is ignoring you is to think back to your relationship and figure out the ways in which you wronged him.
The Male Perspective On Him Ignoring You Because He Wants Nothing To Do With You
Realistically, the only way I would NOT talk to an ex girlfriend is if she wronged me in a horrible way. Of course, I said that above but I failed to go into the actual ways in which women can wrong men. If a woman did any of the following things to me I would seriously consider cutting her out of my life.
- Cheating on me (one strike and your out with me (most guys aren’t like that though.))
- Lying to me multiple times (I understand that everyone lies but if it is frequent occurrence like every single day then I will not be happy about that.)
- Manipulating me.
How To Get Your Ex Boyfriend To Notice You Again
Lets be realistic here. It is highly unlikely that your ex is going to drop off the face of the earth and never contact you again. Yet, every single day I get a question in the comments saying something like:
“What if he never contacts me again?”
or
““He didn’t respond to my text message. My life is over…”
I can honestly say that in all my time here at Ex Boyfriend Recovery I have never encountered a situation where an ex boyfriend never talks to an ex girlfriend again. I mean come on, your ex is going to eventually contact you. The real question though is how he contacts you.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
When your ex finally does contact you he can contact you the good way, the bad way or the ugly way (see what I did there 😉 .) I am going to take a moment to explore each one. Lets start on a positive note with “the good” first.
The Good
If he messages you and doesn’t completely hate you then that is good right? Well, there is slightly more to it than that. You want your ex to message you and remain positive in his interactions. I would classify the message below as a good response from an ex boyfriend.
The Bad
Essentially any type of communication where he is really dismissive or short with you. You see this a lot with one word text messages like “no,” “cool” or “ok.” Check out the example below:
The Ugly
Getting a response like this from an ex boyfriend can be heart shattering. An ugly response isn’t one where he just dismisses you it is one where he also disses you. I gave you a perfect example of an “ugly” response below:
(For more text message examples visit this page.)
The Key To Getting A “Good” Response
So, by now I am hoping you have realized that when you and your boyfriend get in touch again you want it to be on “good” terms. What if I told you that I have found a way that allows you to accomplish that while remaining in control? Do you think that would be something you would be interested in?
I can hear the harmonious sound of yeses all around!
The No Contact Rule = Less Desperate
The first step to getting your ex boyfriend to respond to you in a positive manner is to implement the no contact rule. This accomplishes a number of things. First off, remember way back when I talked about how desperate women are the number one turnoff that makes men ignore their exes? Well, by implementing a NC rule you can shed that “desperate” persona that your ex has you classified as. It also can work as a table flipper. What do I mean by this?
Simple, men are a lot like dogs in that we like our routines. Honestly, taking a step back I think my whole life is made of routines. I get up, start work, go for a workout then keep working. It is an endless routine but it doesn’t end there. Routines are a common occurrence in our relationships as well. If you acted desperate your ex would have gotten into the routine of ignoring you because you were desperate. So, when you stop acting desperate he is going to perk his head up and try to sniff out the reason why you stopped being desperate.
This is exactly what you want him doing because it will change the dynamic. Before it was you scrambling around for his approval. By essentially implementing a no contact rule you can get him to scramble for your approval instead. In the end though, the NC rule can do wonders for shedding your “desperateness and neediness.”
Generally speaking, I tell women to stay in the no contact rule for thirty days. That means you have to make it thirty days of not calling, texting or emailing him. Do you think you can do that?
What Do You Say To Him
You have been on the offensive before in sending text messages but he ignored them all. This time things are going to be different though. If you have successfully completed the no contact rule for thirty days then you are going to go on the offensive again but this time you are going to do it my way.
I want you to send him a text message. But not just any old text message this one has to be different.
The first thing I want you to realize is that the general texts that you are used to sending aren’t good enough. The experts will tell you that you have to send interesting texts that will capture his attention. Of course, I like to take it a step further. I like to tell my visitors that any text you send him has to be so interesting that it would be impossible for him to ignore it. That is a lot of pressure but I don’t want you to sweat it. I have a variation of a text that I love to use.
Actually, to be honest, I have never talked about this text before so this is the first time I have ever made it live. I would like to introduce you to..
The “You Aren’t Going To Believe What I Just Saw…” Text
This is a text message of my own creation and it is kind of complicated so listen up. Our ultimate goal here is to not just get a response but to get a “good” one. Initially, when you send this text message out you aren’t going to get a positive response right off the bat. I would say it is normal to receive a neutral response. The beauty of this text though is that it sets you up for a positive response.
So, the first step is to send this text message to him:
Notice how this text message is intriguing as it just begs for him to respond to it with a “what?” or “what did you see?” At this point you are going to step on the breaks. The initial “what I saw” text you just sent him is just a test to see if he responds. If he does respond then you are going to take out a stopwatch or phone and wait between 30-60 minutes.
Why would I want you do do that?
Because, it kicks the tension up a knot. I want him to check his phone every five minutes waiting for your response. It is the equivalent to having an audience on the edge of their seat waiting to find out what happens next. You are trying to do that but to your ex boyfriend.
Once you wait the 30-60 minutes it is time send the next part of the text message. I want you to think back to your relationship together. Think back to an innocent but fun memory you had together then I want you to send him something like this:
Take notice how I included an innocent but pleasant memory from a past relationship in this example. This is important because it will bring up nostalgic feelings in your ex and he can’t help but want to respond positively!
Now, once he does respond positively you have accomplished your mission and he isn’t ignoring you anymore!
BP
August 17, 2022 at 8:34 pm
I texted him first after 2 years of no talking and not having seen him. The old feelings just suddenly re-emerged and hit me like a ton of bricks. He responded very well to text and he even suggested we meet for coffee. We did and he said we must do it again more often, and he even mentioned a new cafe that would be opening soon. So about 3 weeks later I texted him about this new cafe and told him that I remembered him mentioning it, and that he must let me know if he’d like to go check it out. I have not heard back from him.
Jenny
July 25, 2022 at 8:21 pm
This was interesting to me. My dynamic with my recent ex was he would insult me or accuse me of something I didnt do then completely stonewall me. At the time I didn’t understand I text him, like above loads,. Begging for forgiveness. Until things where ok. It became so regular it was every week he was in my life. It was just like you explain above except I feel I was emotionally abused. This went on for 3 years. I feel so stupid. I would like to add I’m really attractive and quirky and usually intelligent but I got stuck in this circle. I thought there was something wrong with me. I think he was genuinely punishing me for his mad accusations and I just kept texting. I wish I didn’t. I loved him.
Anne
March 23, 2022 at 6:26 am
My ex and I broke up 8 months ago after nearly 2 years together. The past year has been long distant He has messaged me every few days since we broke up. At weekends when he has suspected I was on dates he has phoned text me constantly, at times I have had to block him.
He would always apologise afterwards and tell me it was because he missed me so much and loved me.
He has kept in touch with my family too, so he’s known exactly what I have been doing.
He has begged me to start again so 2 weeks ago I agreed to.
Since then he has been weird, he’s making excuses not to phone me, he’s always busy or fallen asleep.
I told him it’s not working, expecting he would talk about it, instead he has ignored me for 6 days. He randomly replied to a photo I posted saying I am beautiful. Why has he gone distant? Is he punishing me for not getting back together sooner or had he met someone else?
Louise
March 6, 2022 at 7:45 pm
I have a good friend of mine that fell in love with me while I was in a relationship with my boyfriend.. and my friend called my boyfriend one day telling him that we are having an affair, trying to break our relationship because he wants to be with me. My boyfriend does not believe me and believes him.. and my boyfriend broke up with me and has stopped talking to me completely.. believing my friend. But I did not have any affair with anyone. What should I do?
EBR Team Member: Shaunna
March 8, 2022 at 4:17 pm
Hey Louise, so if you want your boyfriend back then you are going to have to stop being in touch with this friend that has ruined your relationship and in love with you. You need to explain to your ex that the affair is a complete lie and that you wanted them to know that is the truth, you will allow them some space to deal with their thoughts and feelings but you are no longer in touch with said friend. Then you would need to go into a 30 day NC minimum, maybe 45 if your ex is still angry.
Lu
November 28, 2021 at 11:24 am
Thanks
Natasha
September 19, 2021 at 11:51 am
Well , we were dating for 1 a year and living together for the whole year . We were doing everything together, even though he doesn’t drink nor smoke . But he didn’t mind me drinking especially if we indoors chilling together. I was not suppose to go out with friends without me or any friend , I didn’t have any contact with any guy besides him . My phone didn’t have privacy even his phone I’d use it anytime . I never cheated on him but he’d always ask me if I’m cheating on me after spending the whole day with him . I was only going home for a weekend and after that he’d fetch me then we go to our place. Everytime when I’m at my house he’d want me to send him the live location 25hrs and sometimes he’d ask me to take pictures of my house to really see if I’m home . Even after sending live location!!
Then it happens one day he asked me to send the picture of dining room to see if I’m really home . So I couldn’t just go to dinning room & I start recording. Instead I took a video of my bedroom coz he knows it and immediately sent my live location because I knew I couldn’t go record my parents whilst they chilling watching tv . He had insecurities to a point that he made me feel some typa way sometimes but I was patient coz he was also patient with my anger issues .
So after he insisted that he wants to see the dining room then I explained to him that already I sent him my live location and took a video of my bedroom. Then he hanged up the phone .
I’m the morning we were going to the shops with moms , so I texted him and sent him my live location as usual and he ignored me . And then I said to me he shouldn’t ignore me coz he won’t like it if I do the same and then he said to me “I don’t care what you think” then I said okay .
Then next thing he deletes my numbers and I asked him why then he broke up with me saying he can’t be with someone who don’t listen to me and respect him . After two days he unblocked all the girls he blocked the time we were dating and his back on Tinder . And started texting girls asking where they are . Now when I try to text him so we could fix things coz there’s no way we can just break up because of I didn’t send a video of a tv he leaves me on read . Last I tried to call him it sounded like his with people who are drinking and he doesn’t drink, smoke or go out . Then he said he’ll call me back . Then he sent a text saying he’ll get back to me his still with his family and i know his lieng coz his family they don’t drink also . He was my mom favv
Christiana
August 19, 2021 at 9:07 am
So my ex/baby daddy (currently pregnant) ignored me for a week but was giving me “the seen” couldn’t say we’re overs or nothing so I just said we were overs then to make it clear, I blocked him cut all contact as I was messaging him allday everyday through that whole week before the block. 2 days after the block he begged my friend to tell me to unblock him but I didn’t instead he got my number & texted me. We live apart & he will be back in our hometown in October…I saw him about 2 days ago, didn’t talk about much as I was kinda speechless. Now he’s back to ignoring me again & usually I am contacting him but it’s day 1 of no contact & I’m feeling okay I do want him back so we can be a family, but I do believe the NV tile will work….he will soon realise & contact me but I have to be strong & stay with the 30 days! Wish me luck.
Iya
July 17, 2021 at 10:37 am
I want my ex bf back but he won’t talk to me
Iya
July 17, 2021 at 10:36 am
I want my ex back but he won’t talk to me
SAB
April 11, 2021 at 3:23 pm
October 2019 my ex lied to me the first time about him going to see a girl, he was also texting different women. Our relationship was becoming rocky, I could trust him. I would always break up with him and get back with him. Until last summer I left him. We got back together around November. Things were fine until January 2021 I caught him sexting another female. It destroyed me, but I had to confess that when I was away at school I pretended we were not together. This hurt him too. So during February things were okay, but I couldn’t trust him. I’d always bring up the past, became rude, said mean things. Until I broke up with him in March 2021. It felt like he wasn’t really putting effort into our relationship, he thought differently. I feel like I’ve made a mistake and want him back, but he just wanted to be friends and to move on. I don’t know what to do anymore.
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March 15, 2021 at 12:18 am
My ex lied to me for 10.5 years about hanging out with women behind my back even though I encouraged him to be honest.. we broken up Jan 13 of the of this year and said it is ok to text but he is finding this difficult and does nothing want to actually talk.. so I quit texting him almost a month ago and not a word from him.. so strange..
sara
March 7, 2021 at 1:43 pm
I’ve been seeing a guy for about 10 months although long distance.. we spoke everyday and it was amazing.. I noticed he didn’t really have any future plans for us or didn’t really want to commit.. about a month ago we had an argument and he suddenly started ignoring me stopped reading all my messages on WhatsApp even when I apologised and told him I miss and love him for the last month.. he still not reading my messages.. I don’t understand how he can ignore me and not even be straight forward and just say he doesn’t want to speak to me.. he hasn’t even blocked me. It’s been a month how can he not miss me or how we spoke everyday. It’s like he hates me so much and I haven’t even done anything wrong and it’s breaking my heart.
Claire
February 21, 2021 at 9:22 am
My partner cheated on me with the woman she’s dating now.
That woman knew that we’re still on. And that girl ruined our relationship.
My partner and I didn’t have a formal break up/ closure. We haven’t talked for weeks, but every week he sent me messages asking how am i, and keeps on calling me, but i ignored his calls and he keeps on contacting my friend to check on me. He even sent me a msg on valentines day. He greeted me.
What do you think is his intention? Is this a part of guilt? Thank you.
EBR Team Member: Shaunna
February 23, 2021 at 3:41 pm
Hi Claire, yes I think he is behaving out of guilt but also may realise he has lost you from his actions. Keep ignoring him and stick with a 45 day no contact.
EleanaParis
February 9, 2021 at 6:36 am
So basically I broke up with my boyfriend two months ago I weigh 63 days without speaking to him because we had broken up four times before this one the other times we broke up were often on often on for only like two weeks we broke up this time I got really upset because of all the fighting we were doing and I decided to remove myself from the relationship we were dating for almost a year I broke up with him because things were getting really toxic I removed myself from the situation he begged me not to break up with him he cried then I just left him alone because I had to remove myself got my thoughts my mind my heart together because everything was just really toxic now two months later I try to text him he won’t respond but sent me a message through a friend insulting message put off anger I feel he’s still angry with me for breaking up I explained in my text that I loved him I was sorry for hurting him but needed time to get my kind right he never responded still hasn’t responded after 64 days no contact what shall I do next ,???
EBR Team Member: Shaunna
February 11, 2021 at 9:18 pm
Hi Eleana, I would suggest that you reach out with one of Chris texts to try and start a conversation with your ex.
D
January 16, 2021 at 1:17 pm
Hi I am D
I started dating my ex few months ago we both love each other is it’s very obvious We always want to be together spend time together and hav fun A day before my birthday I couldn’t get to reach him but early morning on my birthday he texted me that his phone went off and I know it’s true so he wished me happy birthday so days after whenever I call him he won’t pick my call saying he is busying which I know how things is going on with him presently so he said he is sorry if he is not having my time and giving me attention so I said it fine weeks after I complained again and he said he wants us to take a break that whenever he is ready he will get back to me but it’s my first time hearing it from a guy to take a break so I thought it will leads to breakup so I begged him and we dated back
Early this year we talked he promised to do a lot of this for me as we move into a new year so I became to happy and we planned to meet when I get back to school but he started changing plans and suddenly he is giving me time to call him and not to call I started noticing this but I thought because he is busy and I admit to it so last week he send me a break up message that he need to be alone that he doesn’t want a relationship
I begged him but he is not even replying to my chats and I saw it here on the page to start a no contact with your ex if you want to get him back and I started doing that
My fear is that with all this will I be able to get him back?
After the no contact is he going to take me back to his life
Or I should move on ????
EBR Team Member: Shaunna
February 4, 2021 at 7:11 pm
Hi D, I am sorry I cannot answer your question if he will take you back or not – that is only something he can decide. As for trying to get him back or not, that is your choice to try, we can only provide you with advice for what ever you choose to do.
Jane
January 11, 2021 at 9:20 am
After seeing a man for 5 weeks, thinking we had a real connection he dumped me just before Christmas.. stating he cannot handle the emotions, and isn’t ready for a relationship. I was his first date after a 25 year marriage broke up 18 months ago. From what I can gather his ex wife wasn’t very pleasant to live with for some time. He’s now mostly ignoring me, sometimes will respond to a question. Was going to catch up with me last week, but got cold feet and declined. Is it too late to use the no contact rule to try to get him back. Any other suggestions ?
Thanks
EBR Team Member: Shaunna
January 11, 2021 at 6:16 pm
Hi Jane, no it is not too late to start following the no contact rule now. Just be sure that you stick with it and follow the advice given in he articles.
Jess
October 25, 2020 at 11:06 am
I went no contact 3 days after he finally left.. 2 weeks or so in he contacted me! Called me from his number(which was blocked) and then a different number! Said ge lost his phone but this was all within the same 30-45 minutes but ok whatever! We chatted he asked what was up and was basically trying to see me i kept turning him down. Finally let him come over last Sunday and we slept together.. Before he came i asked if he wanted to be fwb due to me not being with anyone new yet fwb would kill my feelings for him.. He didn’t answer me.. The sex was good but how he reacted to me looking different and my place being rearranged was a turn off! I feel like he’s talked himself into believing that I’ve moved on already.. I was trying to reason with him but it didn’t work.. Texted him after he left and no reply, he got the happy bday text but didn’t reply.. Texted him today no reply.. Why contact me??? He changed his number to reach me then ignore me? I even asked if he moved on. He won’t answer but when i asked if he jist wanted things to be over for good he said i need to be your friend again 1st
Lil
October 3, 2020 at 7:06 pm
Hi. So I met this guy on a dating site. We both took it off the site and became exclusive. We were texting each other every day for six months. We are both Christians and in between our messaging he would send me inspiring messages about God and I would do the same. We were making arrangements to meet face to face when things get better with Covid 19. He even said that he just got someone he is going to leave to oversee his business while on vacation in my country. I then made the worst mistake and asked him for help. I asked him for help last month and he didn’t respond until the next day, but even the next day he just acted as if I never asked him for a favor. I ended up telling him not to worry I no longer need his help. To my stupidity I asked again last week and again he ignored me. What was worse was that I texted him and asked if he could go online because we need to talk. He then greeted me and said he is tired and stinky. Instead of showing him that I care, I just asked him for help. He disappeared online immediately at that very moment. I texted him a while later and I said if he wants to end the relationship I will respect his decision. I regret my actions. I wish I could take everything back. I’m emotionally wrecked. We had plans. I did a thorough research on him and he was not a ghost. I texted him and said I’m sorry and explained that I made a mistake but he doesn’t reply to my messages. I think he does not even read my messages because when I sent messages it would say read and seen but with no time. I don’t know if I should let go or what.
Larey
September 28, 2020 at 8:02 pm
Hey! My last relationship ended on pretty bad terms. We haven’t seen each other for 7 months now! I kept trying to contacting him even tho he told me that he never wants to talk to me again!our last communication was him saying he needs time and is not ready to be friends or hang out! I saw him last week. He was with a new women, walked passed me, said hello to my friend and pretended I didn’t exist! Two days later, I wrote him that I saw him and I would have been happy for him to say hello! Nothing Since…
Jane
September 25, 2020 at 7:50 am
So I ended it with my boyfriend a week ago, at the time it seemed like the right thing to do but it was said in the middle of an argument and I’m now regretting it. I’ve reached out to him, seen him a couple of times since and wrote a letter but he has no interest in getting back together or talking. Now reading the above I would say I’ve maybe handled it wrong in that I’ve been super desperate. If I try the no contact now will it still work?
EBR Team Member: Shaunna
September 25, 2020 at 8:45 pm
Hi Jane, yes it can still work but you need to follow the NC for 45 days so that your ex gets a good break from contact with you and starts to wonder where you went so suddenly!