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Jake1802

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Well recently my girlfriend broke up with me because she was not ready for a serious relationship and although she liked me, she did not like me enough to continue with the relationship after I had told her I loved her. I really still miss her and just wish there was some way we could get back together. I haven't really talked to her much since although I do want to become friends and she told me she wants that as well.
So my questions are
Is there any way we could get back together, and what sort of chance is it?
How do I go about being friends with her?
Is it likely to be bullshit, everything she told me?
Thanks
 

khaimera

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Can you get back together? Probably not for a while. Let her go, give it time, and maybe you can get back together.

How do I go about being friends with her? You can't. If you still have any romantic feelings, friendship will never work.

Is it Bullshit? The part about her not being ready for a serious relationship is total bullshit. If she liked you enough, she would stay with you. Her wanting to be friends may be bullshit too, but I'm not sure
 

DefunctTheory

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She dumped you because she doesn't love you and you love her.

When there's an unbalanced degree of affection at this level, it's not uncommon for the relationship to end. It's unlikely there's anything you can do to get her to like you more. Sorry.

Friends with her? Thats a tough one. She knows you love her, and that can make friendships awkward. Best bet is to just suck it up, act like a friend, and DO NOT over step your bounds as a friend. It could make her very uncomfortable, and thats a no no.

I doubt she was bullshiting you. You don't dump people you fancy.
 

Rhaff

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As i always say, never go back to a dud, if it didn't work the first time, 95 % of the time, it won't work the second try.. And trying to be friends will just be awkward, and if you still have feelings for her, it will feel like torture for you.
What she said is most likely bullshit, but it depends on how old you guys are.

Best thing you can do is to find somebody else, and if it is meant to be you two for the rest of your lives, then you will get back together...

Also this belongs in the advice forum, just for future reference :)
 

Jake1802

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But after my feelings for her go away, is there going to be any problem being friends with her then?
 

lee1287

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If you love her, you cant just be friends. You'll get jelous of every guy she goes out with, or talks about. Thats what happened with me anyway.
 

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First, some background info please. How long were you dating before you said "I love you", and what was her inital reaction to that. Depending on the length of time, it's entirely possible that you said it too early.

However, just to give you the benefit of the doubt, I'm going to assume that you waited a decent amount of time to say that.

As for you questions, I'll do my best, since I have gone through some breakups.

1) It is always possible that you could get back together, but probability is an entirely different story. It all depends on whether she was being truthful when she said that she wasn't ready for anything that serious or if she just thought "uh oh, in too deep, better bail". Since complex percentages are complete and utter bullshit when it comes to relationships, I'm going to make this simple and say you have a 50-50 chance of getting back together (i.e. either it will happen or it won't). However, should you try to make this work and try to get back together and it becomes clear that the effort is futile, I would advise you not to expend all your energy on this one endevour. I know the old saying "they're plenty of fish in the sea" is played out and does little to comfort people, but it's true.

2) While it will be hard for both of you (the actual degree of difficulty will depend on how emotionally invested you were), the best way to do this is just go back to the things you did before you started dating. And if possible, try to avoid one on one meetings, as they can make for unnecessary/unwanted complications in the "going back to being friends" thing. When I broke up with my exgirlfriend (who I am still friends with), what I did was give myself breathing room from her for awhile. I didn't go out of my way to avoid her or deliberately ignore her or anything like that, but basically kept interaction to a minimum until I had gotten over it. How long that takes depends on the person, so there is no set time frame.

3) To determine if she was lying when she told you, we would need to know how she said it, what her facial expression and body language were and we would need to fully understand females in general (which will never happen, but mystery is good in life, so I'm not complaining). Unless you know everything that's going on in her life, and everything she is thinking, it's almost impossible to know for sure if she was honest or not. Sorry I can't be more help with this on, but that's the way I see it.

Wow, that was a long post. Good god, I think I'm turning into Aylaine XD

Oh, and OP, Aylaine and BonsaiK both give pretty good advice (much better than anything you will see in my post) so I suggest messaging them. BonsaiK used to have a relationship advice thread, but that has since been locked, so a PM would be the way to go. I've gotten more advice from Aylaine, so I suggest asking her first. Tell her that Hank sent ya.
 

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I just broke up with a girl I've been dating for seven years, quit your bitching and move on.

There's 6.9billion folk on this rock and women out number men and there's a higher percentage of homosexulaity between males than females.

So statistically speaking you're likely to find another compatible mate, good chance of a higher compatibility aswell seeing as now you have more of an idea what you want out of a relationship.
 

Jake1802

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We'd been going out for about 3 months and then on Valentine's Day it just slipped out from me (I hadn't been planning on saying it or anything), it was rather accidental, and she just pretty much broke up with me immediately and said she couldn't handle us being at two different stages of the relationship. I hadn't planned on saying it or anything it just slipped out in the moment and yer she freaked and ran.
 

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jake1802 said:
But after my feelings for her go away, is there going to be any problem being friends with her then?
I think that you could be friends with her. That happened with my brother anyway. He hadn't been dating the girl but he had been really good friends with her before and one day he blurted out that he loved her. She was weirded out and didn't love him back but they still did remain good friends.
 

Neverhoodian

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Sampler said:
There's 6.9billion folk on this rock and women out number men and there's a higher percentage of homosexulaity between males than females.

So statistically speaking you're likely to find another compatible mate, good chance of a higher compatibility aswell seeing as now you have more of an idea what you want out of a relationship.
I have to agree with this. It's practically a buyer's market for heterosexual males. I know it hurts right now, but chances are very good you'll find someone else down the line that's more receptive.
 

Jake1802

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This just makes me want to calculate the number of compatible females in the world, might get my mind off things.
 

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She dumped you because she doesn't love you and you love her.

When there's an unbalanced degree of affection at this level, it's not uncommon for the relationship to end. It's unlikely there's anything you can do to get her to like you more. Sorry.

Friends with her? Thats a tough one. She knows you love her, and that can make friendships awkward. Best bet is to just suck it up, act like a friend, and DO NOT over step your bounds as a friend. It could make her very uncomfortable, and thats a no no.

I doubt she was bullshiting you. You don't dump people you fancy.
Basically this.

Although after having read the original post, my first thoughts were that those questions, with that backstory are as easy to answer as "is there food in my fridge?" after saying you're fairly sure you have a fridge.

This seems more suited in the trustworthy hands of the Advice department, and the regulars there, I guess.

But I really think that you'll always be better off with never seeing each other again after a break-up, if environment allows that. And especially if it's been very serious and you've been in a relationship for longer time than just friends.

Generally being friends with an ex, especially if the other one has feelings left, is just brutal, kind of pointless and leads to nothing good.

I take it that you're quite young. And if you feel like you can get rid of the feelings that don't have a reflecting counterpart: you'll be just fine. No matter the age, you can get over them, but being young makes it a lot easier. And of course you can be friends if that works, but there are just bound to always be those feelings of "if", and one-sided at that, and then it's going to just be fucked up and leave people hurt.

I suppose I'm just saying the same thing over and over, but anywho. More wine.
 
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jake1802 said:
We'd been going out for about 3 months and then on Valentine's Day it just slipped out from me (I hadn't been planning on saying it or anything), it was rather accidental, and she just pretty much broke up with me immediately and said she couldn't handle us being at two different stages of the relationship. I hadn't planned on saying it or anything it just slipped out in the moment and yer she freaked and ran.
So yeah, sorry to tell ya, but she could be really into you, but most girls (not all of course, and most guys for that matter) are going to think you are unbalanced if you say you love them after three months of dating. I wouldn't attempt to pursue her in either romance or friendship, don't deny her it but don't pursue it at all. Don't really call her, let her come to you if she wants to interact, and be cordial/friendly when you see her.

The reason why you can't actively pursue her, even in friendship, is that it will make you seem needier than you are. It'll destroy your chances of being friends and more. If there is any chance of you two getting back together, which I would put at slim, she's going to have to realize that you were just caught up in the moment, that you actually have an appropriate/casual level of attraction/interest in her and not love her (whether or not you do), and then maybe as the awkwardness drops she might get back with you.

I would suggest accepting the loss, looking for a new girl, not telling her you love her until you are pretty sure she feels the same way, and trying to take it slow emotionally. Yes people find each other and get married a few weeks later, yes movies portray love at first sight and there is evidence to back it up with the neurological effects of attraction, but in practice thinking that anything like that is going to happen is going to scare away pretty much 99% of potential mates.
 

Woodsey

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"Is there any way we could get back together, and what sort of chance is it?
How do I go about being friends with her?"

No, and don't.
 

Rayne870

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jake1802 said:
Well recently my girlfriend broke up with me because she was not ready for a serious relationship and although she liked me, she did not like me enough to continue with the relationship after I had told her I loved her. I really still miss her and just wish there was some way we could get back together. I haven't really talked to her much since although I do want to become friends and she told me she wants that as well.
So my questions are
Is there any way we could get back together, and what sort of chance is it?
How do I go about being friends with her?
Is it likely to be bullshit, everything she told me?
Thanks
Sometimes people change and they re-evaluate relationships. Here is an idea of what I would do. Write out your feelings for her, that you love her how that love made you feel, nothing negative or whiny, but just romantic butterfly type stuff. Hand write it, don't be lazy or robotic, it loses meaning if typed. Seal it in an envelope and give it to her with the instruction that it should only ever be opened if she want's to know how happy she made you and if she ever reconsiders the relationship and loving you.

Do not pursue it otherwise, do not pressure her or anything like that. And move on with your life, there may come a time when she thinks about you, opens the letter and comes back, that also may not happen. You can tell her that you haven't closed the book on her but that you will be dating other people when you are ready for another relationship. It doesn't seem like much but you can move on knowing you got your feelings out.

Above all, if you both can handle a friendship do so.