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183 thoughts on “How to Make a Stubborn Ex Boyfriend Come Running Back”

  1. Audrina

    October 26, 2017 at 3:57 am

    Hi Amor,

    My ex still hasn’t gave my things back. Saturday he said he forgot it and he will mail it to me, despite not texting back I’m assuming he blocked me. Sunday he texted me saying he couldn’t find it and he will let me know when he does & not to go to his work before I’m assuming proceeding to block me again. Since I notice he tends to block me after every text now I didn’t bother sending any acknowledgment back. Still in NC for a week and i noticed he activated his account again which is still private but I can tell he’s actively posting since the image count went from 8 to 16 in the past 2 months. It shouldn’t bother me but it does. Also I want to tell you, his best friend is NOW my friend on IG since we got along before and later in a convo asked if my ex gave ever him his birthday gift from 3 years ago (inside joke) he said no but now that he knows what it is he wants it and is going to ask for it. I think my ex will freak out if he knew we were IG friends because he voiced in the past he always felt his best friend and I were more compatible together & felt threatened by a friendship between us or that he might text me randomly upset over befriending his best friend on IG. Im still actively posting which his friend views my stories, yet I don’t think he will tell him what I post since my ex is extremely stubborn and barely talks about his feelings with even his best friend.

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 29, 2017 at 10:53 am

      Hi Audrina,

      if you’re things are not that important, let them for now.. and it’s ok to be friends with his best friends, just don’t go overboard and date him..

  2. DesiLu

    October 25, 2017 at 11:11 pm

    And do I need to restart the 30 days from today now that he has contacted me and I am replying (I think), or still from my last contact 5 days ago when I originally began NC? Thank you!

  3. DesiLu

    October 25, 2017 at 9:38 pm

    Thanks a million, Amor. Sooooo, I have a glimmer of hope. Although he had not texted or called for 10 days, and I stopped texting 4 days ago. I JUST received a text saying to leave the relationship alone. That he didn’t like mt attitude of laughing at the guy in the bar but he doesn’t want to talk about it so, take care and goodbye.

    Hmmmm? Hopeful or not? How and when should I reply? Maybe just maybe. I already told him I’m sorry and I wouldn’t like it if the shoe was on the other foot. And honestly I already knew how sensitive he is and I wish there was a do-over but there’s not. At least there’s the EBR team to support me in getting out of this mess. Thank you so much.

  4. DesiLu

    October 24, 2017 at 3:28 pm

    Hi my questions from yesterday disappeared. I have been checking back for an answer but now I don’t see the questions anymore. Is it because of a waiting period? Thank you.

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 24, 2017 at 5:56 pm

      Hi Desilu,

      It’s still here.. I just haven’t reached it yet.. I’m not sure why it disappeared on your side though.. Just do 30 days and then take it slow in rebuilding rapport after

  5. DesiLu

    October 23, 2017 at 11:04 pm

    Hi. My ex and I were doing great until it all blew up in one night. He picked me up for a movie on a night he was exhausted after working long hours 7 days. He was a little edgy and bothered and now I think it’s because of being tired as it’s not his character and we’ve never had a fight. But at the time it made me act out of character talking non stop nervously. Just what a tired guy likes, right? Wrong. He always insists on opening my door and I opened it myself. Little things like this were bothering him. So after the movie went out to a rock bar/club he said he heard about. Outside there were pictures of rock legends and I started naming them and he did too and I sensed something weird like he felt that I was trying to show him up. And when he first picked me up I had a gift of Himalayan pink salt I found in sale so I bought one for each of us.
    He asked if it was for the bath and I said no it’s for cooking and from the Himalayas in , I think, Tibet. He looked annoyed and said “I know where they are and threw the salt in the back seat. Again, this ungracious behavior is out of character but I could sense that same thing like he thought that I think I’m better or smarter than him. This is not at all the case and that is why I love him. I view him as my intellectual equal if not smarter and he’s much more successful than me but either I was being a terrible snob or something or he was feeling insecure, or I don’t know what. So, I’m uncomfortable and talking too much.
    He gave me money to buy beers and went outside to smoke. A guy across the bar raised his glass to me. I raised mine but with a straight face. The guy makes a funny face and I crack up laughing. I turn around and here’s my boyfriend with a “you’re busted” face. I don’t say a word about it. The night continues well. Holding hands while walking. Opening my door. Making love at my place. Talking after and he decides it’s the right time to tell me “my friends ask me why I don’t want to get married and I don’t know why but I don’t” like minutes after sex. Weird timing. But we’re still close and nice with each other. He got annoyed that my upstairs bathroom wasn’t clean and had to use the downstairs. I’m embarrassed about that. He left and I said “I love you” . He didn’t reply at all. He hasn’t contacted or replied to me since. I was a GNAT for 5 days. And a super pathetic groveling GNAT. I apologized for hurting him. Insisted it was innocent. Asked for forgiveness and told him it wouldn’t happen again. Told him I love him because of how great he is above all others and someone who I grow by being around. No response but on day 6 I broke the pattern and this time texted because I needed some help related to home repair. I sent my question and photos of the project. He never answered. I went off on him in a text saying that I had been nice and he isn’t. That all I needed was a little help and I never ask and he’s the only one I looked up to that I would ever ask but what a mistake that was. I said that from now on I’m focusing on my mind, body and spirit and not being depressed over him. That my two businesses are my priorities and I would have loved his advice but he doesn’t want to share. I said I might even become vegetarian at last (something we both wanted to do) and get my bikini body back. And I attached a nice bikini photo from when I won a fitness competition. But that it didn’t matter because at 10 lbs heavier or not I love myself and me and God know that I am good, faithful, loyal and amazing. Then I wrote sayonara in Japanese which I have no idea why but it’s funny. So I guess 45 days no contact is in order. Is that right? And that would end on December 3rd. We had plans for me to go to his place to cook Christmas dinner for me. Any way I can revisit that when I make my contact again or is that too forward? I actually felt that getting angry at him put me back in a better position after my GNAT downfall. Do you agree?

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 24, 2017 at 5:56 pm

      Hi Desilu,

      It’s still here.. I just haven’t reached it yet.. I’m not sure why it disappeared on your side though.. Just do 30 days and then take it slow in rebuilding rapport after

  6. Sam

    October 23, 2017 at 3:58 pm

    Hey EBR- I love your site and it is very helpful whenever I am feeling down. But I would like to get an honest input on if you think I will even be able to get my ex back.

    Okay so him and I were best friends in high school. He first tried dating me but I would always say that I didn’t want to ruin the friendship. Long story short right when I was willing to open my heart to him he had gotten oral from this girl and said he didn’t feel the same about me anymore. So I went without contacting him and he came back to me. Over that period of time we broke EACHOTHERS virginitys and we were dating coming up two years almost. We were arguing a lot towards the end of the relationship and he said that with us arguing that it was best that we just be friends. I was heartbroken. He’s the love of my life. My everything. Not only that he’s my best friend. We said no matter what we went through that we would always work through it. He said he would never leave me. So when he broke up with me, I decided to fight for it (which unfortunately I found your page after begging). I would constantly ask if we could atleast try, if there was a chance for us getting back together, etc. every time he would be very strict saying no just friends. It’s just hard for me to believe that he doesn’t love me anymore. When I ask him how he can break up with me over arguments even after all we’ve been through every time he says “I don’t know or it’s complicated or it didn’t happen over night”. He says he still loves me but says we can’t be together. He still says that he want me in his life and will never leave me but says that he won’t tell me that he loves me anymore because it’s not right since we are just friends. I feel and I know that I made it worse begging for him back but I was desperate. He literally is my soul mate. After everything that has happened do you still think that I would have a chance getting him back by doing this no contact rule for (kind of) the second time. Even though we were not really dating the first. He told me that he’s not looking for another relationship and he’s not sleeping with anyone and that he was only ever comfortable with me btw. Is thirty days long enough to ignore him? Or should it be longer? 45? 50? Our two year mark is coming up and I also am not sure if I should contact him before or after our two year anniversary of actually dating. Around thirty days from now would be a few days before our two years. Wouldn’t I look as if I’m trying to get back together before that date? Please help me. Please tell me if I should just let it go. Or if I’m smart to still go through this no contact and fight for him once more. I feel as if I’ve lost my whole soul. I can’t believe that he atleast doesn’t love me anymore. I just can’t. We’ve been through too much for him to just fall out of love with me like that. I’ve come to realize some of the issues not just him but that went wrong in the relationship and I really just want to fight one more time and fix it. Please respond and help me with these issues and questions! ): Thank you in advance.

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 24, 2017 at 5:47 pm

      Hi sam,

      Do one last nc of 45 days, be active in improving yourself and take it slow in building rapport..

  7. Rosie

    October 22, 2017 at 7:41 pm

    Hello to the whole EBR team. I’ve already asked for advice once but I think I did sth wrong and my comment wasn’t posted. I’m sorry this is going to be a really long one, but I’m just really worn out and lost. I don’t know what’s important to the story and what’s not so I’m just gonna try to briefly describe the whole 4 years of my and my ex’es relationship.
    I am 24 and he is 22. We met 4 years ago and were best friends ever since. It was even more miraculous that we live in countries that are thousands of miles apart. We met during a camp and he kissed me the evening he was leaving, but then told me we won’t work out because of the distance and so we stayed friends, even tho I loved him through all of the time. 2 years later I visited him. He couldn’t resist me and so we decided to give this relationship a try, even tho we kept it hidden. I left and we continued being long distance for 4 months. Then he drifted away, finally telling me he doesn’t feel in love anymore and he broke up with me. We didn’t have any contact for 2 months, then he hit me up with the talk about the beautiful friendship we had and how it would be a shame to waste it. 3 months later I managed to reattract him and he asked me to be his gf again. So I visited again, because he couldn’t leave the country due to the political situation in his country. This time we were official, we told his friends and family. They, especially his mother, were against it. We procceeded to be a couple tho. Then I found out he kept in touch with a girl he used to be in ‘friends with benefits’ relationship with during the 2 years of us being ‘just friends’. He was telling her things like how important for him she is and how much he cares to keep her in his life, even tho he promised me the two of them don’t keep in touch anymore. I also lost my virginity with him, thinking he is a virgin too, because he hid their relationship from me and he told me it’s a first time for him too. I felt betrayed and wanted to leave him. But he cried and begged me to stay, promising he won’t do it again and that he would die without me. My heart broke at the sight and I agreed to stay. But nothing was the same ever since, I was jealous and controlling. He was lying to me from time to time, his family didn’t accept me, he wasn’t sure if he is ready to leave the country for me. We were fighting more and more often and the situation was driving me more and more crazy. Finally he met a girl who lived near him, and so he started to text her good morning or taking her to restaurants. He was giving her more attention than he was giving to me, while lying to me he’s not talking to her at all because he knew it’s cheating by my definition. Basically I treated him like he is doing everything wrong for the last 6 months of our relationship and he was treating me like a gnat. Finally he told me he’s sick of this relationship, he wouldn’t leave with me anyway, that he doesn’t feel anything for me anymore and he doesn’t want to stop contacting this girl. I wanted to fix my mistakes but he said it is too late, that we aren’t meant for each other. And that he doesn’t want to fix the mistakes he made. He said we always try to fix things but it all turns to shit eventually and that we should go our separate ways. He said we could be friends tho. I said as long as he keeps in touch with that girl, I don’t wanna know him because I’m not gonna stand by and watch their relationship blossom. He said it’s my choice and it was a goodbye. Then he just texted me best wishes before my master’s defending. I just said thanks and he wanted to continue the conversation but I didn’t reply, I felt too hurt. Then I texted him happy birthday and he also only answered with thanks, without any further conversation. That was a month ago and none of us reached out. I am so confused because he basically goes from telling me that I’m the love of his life to telling me I don’t mean anything to him every few months. Idk if it’s because we are long distance or if he is just an immature womanizer. I don’t know if getting him back makes any sense or if he is just no good for me. And even if it does, Idk if a month of NC is enough because it was like the worst breakup in history with me going crazy and us offending each other. Maybe I should wait 2 or 3 months? What should be my approach? I am begging you, help me!

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 23, 2017 at 11:57 pm

      Hi Rosie,

      Restart nc, do at least 45 days, be active in improving yourself and in posting in social media sites where posts lasts and then initiate contact after it..check this one too:
      Do You Have The Same Values As Your Ex? (With Chase Kosterlitz)

  8. Audrina

    October 21, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    Hi Amor,

    So I’ve told you I was going to pick up my items from my ex this weekend, he just happened to text me saying to not come to his work today since he forgot it, he will try to remember tomorrow and if not he will mail it to me… I feel like he blocked me again after sending that message but I’m not going to reply back to see whether he did or not. I have started NC again since he’s actively blocking me. I just wonder why he goes back and forth from texting me first in the texting phase being nice to now acting extremely rude and stubborn… I do want to make note he deleted his IG entirely so even if I’m active in posting, he won’t see it.

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 24, 2017 at 3:32 pm

      It doesnt matter of he’s active or not because he can use a different account, so make your posts public..

  9. Rosie

    October 20, 2017 at 8:04 pm

    Hi,
    me and my boyfriend were together for 6 months, then broke up for another 6 and then got back together. It was a year ago and now he broke up with me again. So it gives 1,5 year of a relationship total. Long story short, he often goes from telling me that I am the love of his life to telling we aren’t meant for each other and we have no future. In the last period our problems have grown very big, as we are also long distance. We were supposed to move in together but he grew hesistant about leaving his family. His family didn’t like me and I didn’t like them, he got in touch with a girl who he used to have a ‘friends with benefits’ deal with before he met me. We were fighting more and more, we were disrespectful towards each other, I was controlling and he was ignorant. It caused him to cheat emotionally when he met a new girl. He was hanging out with her behind my back, texting her good morning etc. He broke up with me telling me he’s sick of this relationship and we aren’t meant to be together, which of course caused me to first beg him, and then hate talk to him. Let’s just say it was a very nasty breakup. I already completed a month of No Contact and he didn’t contact me even once, he seems happy on social media. Therefore I’m wondering if I shouldn’t extend the No Contact rule to 2 or even 3 months to make him forget a bit more about how bad the breakup was and how badly I behaved. Do you think it’s a good idea? Will it increase or minimize the chance of me getting him back?

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 23, 2017 at 11:57 pm

      Hi Rosie,

      Restart nc, do at least 45 days, be active in improving yourself and in posting in social media sites where posts lasts and then initiate contact after it..check this one too:
      Do You Have The Same Values As Your Ex? (With Chase Kosterlitz)

  10. Audrina

    October 18, 2017 at 3:18 pm

    Hi Amor,

    I want to update for my comment I sent last night. We were texting fine until he brought up sexual memories we had, comments like whoever you’re wearing lingerie for now is one lucky guy and tried asking if I have done certain things since then which I dodged the question and turned it into something else, towards the end of our conversation I asked if he wanted to have a quick lunch since I was going to pick up my items from his work anyways (to go at a time he’s not physically there) and he said he doesn’t think it’s a good idea. I told him okay that’s fine then he decided to end the conversation stating to not text him and he will text me on the weekend regarding my items before proceeding to block me again. I noticed his mood changed so fast at the thought of someone else in my life resulting in him being short with replies and going back to the way he acted immediately after our break up. I felt we were going somewhere before when he would be flirty and nice & him texting me first randomly and building rapport until he blocked me out of nowhere to him unblocking me because I sent an email stating I wanted my stuff back and the conversation turned south really fast. I feel at this point I have lost him all over again and probably have to do another NC. Right?

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 19, 2017 at 3:35 pm

      yup…

  11. Audrina

    October 18, 2017 at 6:20 am

    Hi Amor,

    My ex and I were texting, I’m planning to pick up my things from his work this weekend but at a time he’s at lunch so we don’t see each other (his doing) and during the texting phase he somehow gradually brought up sexual memories to which he asked if I have been with anyone else & I ignored changing the subject then stating whoever I get to wear my lingerie now for is a lucky guy… I’m getting the feeling he’s moved on after 2 months not being together and it hurt me more than I thought by the way he’s responding in text though I’m not giving him any hints into my personal life after him. Do you think he’s just saying that to save face and show he doesn’t care anymore or he just doesn’t care anymore.

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 19, 2017 at 3:34 pm

      HI Audrina,

      it would be better to assume he doesn’t care.. now, if he doesn’t care, how are you going to attract him? If he’s being that coy, can you play him and be cheeky?

  12. May

    October 17, 2017 at 4:59 am

    Pls help me…
    Since last March me and him fought a lotttt. I was a jealous type and I am a bad mouthed girl.(I know I was wrong). But we had been in a very long relationship.
    So one month ago, my ex break up with me after we had been dating for more than a decade. He decided that we should stay seperately. After the break, we still had contact via just a few normal texts like ”hey howr u doing blah blah blah”. But about a week ago, as I want to get back with him desperatly, I spammed him with texts saying” Can we get back together? I will fix the manners which he hates, and that I will make him happy again.. and I was begging that I would die if he leave me for good!” Then he said ”Not to wait him and we should stay seperately!” I asked if he has another gf!” He said yes. But whether it will be serious or not relationship, he doesn’t know yet. He has to see” I was sooo panic and that I started to send him msgs begging a lot to reconsider me again if it’s not toi late, he said I should stop texting! But I didn’t” but he doesn’t reply anymore. I said a friend to call him and tell that I am suffering a lot, she did. Then he said he would tell me directly as he would make a call. But after that, he never call me again since then. So I also don’t call or text him again.but i m dying inside and going to crazy.
    What should I do??? Pls help me. I want him back so desperately. Coz I love him so much and we were dating since high school. I don’t wanna lose him anyway.

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 17, 2017 at 8:48 pm

  13. Cara

    October 17, 2017 at 3:46 am

    Thank you EBR….Rachel and the team.. This is such a great and relevant article. It puts to shame the common catch all phrases people say like “He’s just not that into you,” because they really don’t care to hear about your situation or have no relevant advice to give.
    What’s even more powerful in this article about Stubborn men is that it I think it explains how and why people can change and yes sometimes it can take years. I kept thinking this article was along the lines of explaining “Cognitive Dissonance” which means that sometimes people hold a core belief that is so strong their stubborn holds out even though they are into you, yet when they are presented with evidence that works against the belief the new evidence can’t be accepted. Which in turn creates and uncomfortable feeling or cognitive dissonance. I think I explained that right.
    My best example was getting divorced 10 years ago. I never believed in divorce and never ever thought I would get divorced. I went through several stages of contemplation including pre-contemplation (which I learned is subconscious) and finally contemplation. It took me 3 years to finally make the decision to get divorced and it shows you why it was it can be so hard for someone to change their beliefs. I am sharing this because I hope it can help others out there on EBR and give them hope. Thanks for letting me share.

  14. Cambell

    October 17, 2017 at 2:30 am

    My ex broke up with me on September 6th, and since then I have gone on and off through no contact. After the breakup he was always first to look at my snapchat stories, even my families. We had hours worth of conversations recently over the issues we faced in our relationship. He even told a mutual friend he “wouldn’t be complaining if we got back together.” yet he still sends me mixed signals. Then last night we were talking again on snapchat about our past relationship and he types “I hate to do this, but I think it’s best for us.” Then he blocks me on snapchat. I then text him and say “Wow how mature” and he responds with “It’s for you not to worry about me. It will be healthy for you.” I hope it is a good sign that he doesn’t want me to worry and hasn’t blocked me from every platform? I am not sure yet if he blocked my number, but he for sure did not block me from instagram. I posted something on my instagram story and he looked at it. Do I do a 30 day not contact period? The reason it is so hard for me is that I am so scared that during no contact he will be with someone else. I have already read what to do if your ex blocks you and basically every article on here. I have emailed ex recovery multiple times and have gotten no response. I am in dire need of help. Please help me!!

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 17, 2017 at 8:34 pm

      Hi Cambell,
      Yep, stick to at least 30 and check this one:
      Will My Ex Forget Me If I Do No Contact

  15. Tweya

    October 17, 2017 at 1:24 am

    Geez, I keep going back and forth in my mind. We broke up ages ago, and he knows I’ve moved on, he’s tried to meet to return something of mine back (I refused), he’s try to invite me out to his gigs (I’ve refused)… We actually matched on Tinder again which is where we first met. ( I swiped right out of curiosity and he had already done the same, so it was a match right away). I’ve been civil and friendly, but after he started forwarding me silly links and being chatty like old times, I kinda said that I could be friendly and stuff but that that was pretty much it. He asked if that meant him not writing to me at all and I said yeah maybe not. I HAD missed him and I had wanted to try “us” again – but he wasn’t apologizing or saying anything about what happened. Which makes me mad. Dunno what to do actually. I know he misses me, but he’s such a narcissist. I feel like now that I said for him to maybe just stop writing altogether, that he’s actually not going to try again. I dunno, I go through not giving a rat’s ass to missing the good times. It’s been 7 months btw since we broke up. And the chit-chatting he initiated started 2 months after the break up.

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 17, 2017 at 8:18 pm

      If you really want to move on, just don’t talk to him…

  16. Audrina

    October 16, 2017 at 8:06 pm

    Hi Amor,

    I followed what you said and rested from initiating text for 3-5 days because I was blocked after the 6th day of texting. I tried to send a text on the 3rd day of this and saw I was still blocked. He did text me that same night only to ask me what his phone bill portion was (our lease is up next month) and after getting my reply he just said “thanks” before blocking me again before I can send another text. I’m so so confused. Few days ago he was texting me back to back as if he was holding onto everything he wanted to share with me like he stumbled upon his old iPod that has tons of memories of us which he kept and didn’t delete and later on on day 6 asking what I was doing that weekend before I told him I had pre arranged plans and conversation was still great afterwards he didn’t press further on it to suddenly him blocking me the next morning and even now 3 days later him only to ask about the phone bill. He doesn’t have Facebook and blocked me off IG after our break up so I doubt he will check it since I’m still active in posting and the mutual friends we have he isn’t close to anymore. Does this mean I have to do NC again? I’m confused.

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 17, 2017 at 11:47 am

      Not yet..just rest from initiating for around 3-5 days

  17. Megan

    October 15, 2017 at 11:08 pm

    hi,
    I broke up with him a couple months ago because I felt he was giving mixed signals. I wanted him to make an effort at being a boyfriend:(

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 16, 2017 at 10:03 pm

      It can either mean he was just being friendly and misread it, or yes, he realized he doesn’t want to get back with you

  18. Megan

    October 15, 2017 at 3:10 am

    My ex bf started contacting me and talking to me a lot. Basically acting interested. He wanted to hangout so we went to the pool. Now it has been over a week since we saw eachother and he hasn’t said anything to me at all. No calls, no text. Why is he doing this? Did he realize he didn’t like me ?

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 15, 2017 at 8:18 pm

      Hi Megan,

      When and why did you break up?

  19. Blondie18

    October 13, 2017 at 10:58 pm

    Hi EBR team,

    The guy I have been seeing since 3 years has been leaving and coming back consistently within 30-60 days and never left me for longer. His situation is difficult, he’s married with a child and has been working on a separation and now divorce for some time. Just 8 months ago he got separated and supposedly in the divorce process now. Like most men he needs his space when things get a little messy and since nobody in our social circle could know about our relationship until the divorce, a few incidents happened where people saw us together for example which caused him to freak out and asked for some space. 3 weeks ago, I decided to give him and myself space to step back til things have been finalised with his divorce so we can continue our relationship peacefully and openly, since then he texted me a week after the talk accusing me of calling an ex and blamed me even though I explained I didn’t even know her contact information and then I sent him a personalised birthday cake and gift to his office 3 days ago he then messaged me aggressively saying I have scandalised him at his office and now people are asking who I am to him and so he said I am ruining his life and I didn’t respond until now. I love this man very much and I know he is going through a very hard time (which doesn’t justify his aggressive reaction towards me) but in such a situation, what can be done so he feels a feeling of regret for having to put me through this and comes back??

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 14, 2017 at 11:56 am

      Hi Blondie18
      Focus in improving yourself.. Check this one too:
      The Ungettable Girl

  20. Sasha

    October 13, 2017 at 3:52 am

    Hi there! I’d love some advice on the stubborn ex issue. It’s been 2 months since the breakup, already did NC, started texting, and met a few times. In those few meetings my ex told me he still loves me/cares about me/doesn’t want me to disappear, sparks flew between us like they used to, and he’d be affectionate like we were still together. However when we part, it’s back to sparingly texting a week apart. I feel at this point he has very strong feelings for me, but is needing a push to decide what he wants. The word “friend” hasn’t come up either, so I don’t know what we are. I feel if we continue like this, it’ll go nowhere and that he’s just being in touch to keep me around if nothing else works. Should I try different communication? Or make him fear losing me for good?

    Thank you so much! We all appreciate the hard work you do for us on this site!

    1. Sasha

      October 17, 2017 at 5:26 am

      Yes, I’ve very active with friends and had a few good dates with a nice guy from my town. Bring on some jealousy! I’m just confused communication wise, more for rapport vs less or disappear to make him fear losing me for good, if he’s keeping me around for a backup.
      Thanks again!

    2. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 17, 2017 at 8:51 pm

      Just remember to always have good or fun conversations but to also be the one ending them and not being available always..

    3. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 14, 2017 at 10:04 am

      Hi Sasha,

      Try little jealousy moves.. Are you still active in going out with other people?

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