I Got dumped for the first time in my life, what's the protocol?

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You seem like you don't have time to be in a relationship right now, so just go about your business. You were already busy with work, when you have free time workout or hang out with friends or something. Don't engage in small talk with her though. I would full out ignore her for at least 30 days, I mean she's the one who doesn't have feelings anymore for you, right?
it wasn't so much time, as uncertainty about my future, which had me stressed out and emotionally unavailable.

If you feel like you screwed up, use this as a reality check, talk to her and see if its possible for you to work things out and give her the time and attention she needs. Like I said earlier she still cares for you are she wouldn't be talking to you like that... Otherwise just keep it moving, she dumped you. Even though you are at fault, she dumped you... you don't owe her your friendship.

So talk to her and let her know that you going either left or right, and stick to whichever one you choose.
We had that talk when she was here, she said she had to find out for herself, which is why her texts an hour after she left had me :mindblown:
I guess I'm not used to being at fault. This was indeed a reality check, so I guess I mostly feel guilty about treating her bad.
 

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There is no protocol.
Coming here for advice? :mjlol: But, I will give you some real advice.

You know you screwed up. That's that. Put it behind you. Long distance relationships are hard to work on. Out of sight, out of mind is real. I saw it so many times at college.
New Year's Eve stuff? Put it all behind you. She was at a boring party and didn't find a hook-up. If there was a cool Jamaican dude with Billy Dee Williams level of game, you would have received zero texts. Maybe it was a booty text, kind of like a booty call, but via texting. Unfortunately, you were drunk and couldn't read between the lines. That's that. Nothing has changed.
Just focus on what you want this year. Peace out.
 

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Keep her in your back pocket.

You ended on good terms and you seem less hurt than she is. Rare occurrence where I would say keep her as a friend but set your boundaries.
 

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If you feel like you screwed up, use this as a reality check, talk to her and see if its possible for you to work things out and give her the time and attention she needs. Like I said earlier she still cares for you are she wouldn't be talking to you like that... Otherwise just keep it moving, she dumped you. Even though you are at fault, she dumped you... you don't owe her your friendship.

So talk to her and let her know that you going either left or right, and stick to whichever one you choose.


Best advice in this thread. Decide what you want first. If you still want to be with her, then go fight for her, if not, then let her know you will just keep it moving. I see her checking on you in that manner as her still caring for you, despite her having to end the relationship. But if you want her go fight for her, if you don't let her know you can't remain friends because it will get confusing.
 

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Keep her in your back pocket.

You ended on good terms and you seem less hurt than she is. Rare occurrence where I would say keep her as a friend but set your boundaries.


This.

Truth is once you break up with someone, if only for a second, it's like trying to unscramble an egg. shyts fukked.

Yall cool though so be cool with her. Be her friend if that's what you want. Be respectful, don't talk about other chicks, unless that's the path she wants to take it, but stay doing you no matter what.

I don't know if she is a manipulative person in general but using a break up as a way to extract some sort of behavior out of you is very manipulative.

If that's what you get the sense she is doing, I'd just leave her alone completely. It'd be nothing but trouble. Never trust people comfortable with using deep emotions as a mean to an end.
 

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You didn't communicate that to her?
she knew about the circumstances, but I didn't really tell her how it affected me. I didn't realize it, until we broke up either :yeshrug:. My boss made a huge mess out of extending my contract and got me in a situation which will look bad on my resume and to others working with me, through no fault of my own. that shyt drained all the energy out of me, because that dude was supposed to be my mentor, and is now trying to sacrifice me to hide his incompetence.

In the end, this can all be traced back to her telling me she felt lonely a couple of weeks ago and me having just received negative news at work and responding in an aggressive way, hurting her in the process. it went downhill from there. She kept quiet because she didn't want to stress me, I was an a$$hole and didn't realize it. On top of that, I couldn't come visit her for her birthday two weeks ago, and lacked the energy to properly make up for it when we saw each other two days later. And to make matters worse, I really didn't feel like celebrating christmas at all this year, so I fell asleep in front of the television instead of calling her. As I said, I screwed up big time.
 

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she knew about the circumstances, but I didn't really tell her how it affected me. I didn't realize it, until we broke up either :yeshrug:. My boss made a huge mess out of extending my contract and got me in a situation which will look bad on my resume and to others working with me, through no fault of my own. that shyt drained all the energy out of me, because that dude was supposed to be my mentor, and is now trying to sacrifice me to hide his incompetence.

In the end, this can all be traced back to her telling me she felt lonely a couple of weeks ago and me having just received negative news at work and responding in an aggressive way, hurting her in the process. it went downhill from there. She kept quiet because she didn't want to stress me, I was an a$$hole and didn't realize it. On top of that, I couldn't come visit her for her birthday two weeks ago, and lacked the energy to properly make up for it when we saw each other two days later. And to make matters worse, I really didn't feel like celebrating christmas at all this year, so I fell asleep in front of the television instead of calling her. As I said, I screwed up big time.

LMAO! (sorry to laugh) but you sound like my friend. :dry: He did the same shyt...Goes through something, gets an attitude, not tell me and then is mean to me. I told him we need to be just friends because of it. You should learn to communicate better. Not saying you have to give her a much detail as you gave me, but at least let her know what's going on. Especially if it's going to impact your mood and behavior.
 

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She still cares for you is all.
:camby:her telling him she "has to see if the emotions come back" is just some leading on thing. don't get me wrong i don't doubt that she still has some type of feelings for TS but she's in her own confusion.

You seem like you don't have time to be in a relationship right now, so just go about your business. You were already busy with work, when you have free time workout or hang out with friends or something. Don't engage in small talk with her though. I would full out ignore her for at least 30 days
I agree with this, she's most likely staying in touch to make herself not feel bad about leaving. She probably chose to separate so she doesn't have the obligation of being in a relationship, but still doesn't want to push you into someone else's hands. To have her cake and eat it too.

Beware of the bold. People do that a lot. :demonic:
 

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Stop this texting bullshyt. Ring the bytch or go see her. This texting shyt is so dead I never know why so many people hash their relationships out in this terrible way :snoop:

If that's your bae, go get her. If it's dead. Take this weekend to get the L out of your system. Do what you gotta do, listen to some Weeknd, drink some more, jack off a couple times. Whatever, but on Monday you sack her off completely, and start working on you. Get in shape, get ya swag up, get a trim, then let the rest fall in place.

Remember. It ain't nutt'n to cut that bytch off :ufdup:

This this and this.
 

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LMAO! (sorry to laugh) but you sound like my friend. :dry: He did the same shyt...Goes through something, gets an attitude, not tell me and then is mean to me. I told him we need to be just friends because of it. You should learn to communicate better. Not saying you have to give her a much detail as you gave me, but at least let her know what's going on. Especially if it's going to impact your mood and behavior.
I wasn't mean to her or had an attitude. It was more of a "not now" situation. The rest was negligence on my part :yeshrug:
 
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