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  • #790714 Reply
    Sylvia

    So basically I thought I didn’t care that much. I still don’t care that much because otherwise I wouldn’t have thought of ways disallowing him to reach out to me.
    Basically I’m pissed he’s not messaging me as (I believe) he should. It makes me angry. I also don’t want to show that I care by blocking him. Is it even polite? At the same time I don’t want to think about him any more.

    #790716 Reply
    K

    You sound like an old OP named Better Off Single.

    You need a licensed therapist to help you work through your issues. Posting here isn’t going to help you.

    #790719 Reply
    Raven

    You just posted, ‘Why I can’t let go of a idea of this guy?’

    Leave him alone…

    #790724 Reply
    Newbie

    Silvia, calm down. I remember some of your old posts and they were all over the place or trying to rationalize all. Youre being corona’d. Too much in your head. Please stop messaging the guy. Take a deep breath. You dont seem to have a clear idea on love (based on your research in the past and recent post), so let it all go. But first let this guy go. If i remember right, you had sex with him and met a few times. That was it. Dont date for now, hobby like crazy. Make cat things, and hobby some more. Do things that make you happy

    #790725 Reply
    Newbie

    And Yes delete him

    #790729 Reply
    mell

    I don’t think I remember your previous posts. So I’ll take this one at face value.

    If you want to talk to a guy and like him, don’t delete him. Certainly don’t play ‘hard to get’ to win a guy over – any sane, reasoable guy would take your rejection as a cue to move on. So ay guy who responds to being blocked by trying harder is … a stalker you shouldn’t be dating.

    Besides, if he’s not messaging, what would blocking do? Make him message you? How? There’s no logic to the course of action you’re suggesting – it sounds like you just want to lash out and punish him for not acting how you want. That’s a result of how insecure he makes you feel, but it’s a wrong course of action. We don’t take things out on those we love or try to hurt or punish them for not doing what we want. Even if he’s acting poorly, you should do better.

    Don’t play mind games – I’m worried you’re falling into very unhealthy and manipulative tactics, and when guys don’t respond like you expect, you’ll feel even more insecure.

    If you don’t care, you wouldn’t be posting. lease be a grown-up and own your feelings – there is nothing shameful about caring. if you are angsting over whether a guy replies, you care.

    If you’re tired of him and don’t want any more drama, then block and delete away – but only if you don’t actually want contact. It sounds like cooling it would be the best strategy right now. Because this sounds like a lot of unnecessary drama. If you don’t want to think about him, then don’t. Work on yourself, read some self help books, get a therapist and don’t engage with him any more.

    #790730 Reply
    mell

    Now I read your other message I can see the full picture.

    You keep writing every few weeks, to a guy who hasn’t replied back. he isn’t doing anything to encourage this, you’re doing this to yourself. He clearly no longer feels the chemistry you think you did – but it’s been so long that you’re obsessed with an image of him. You don’t even know this man any more. He may well have a girlfriend by now – and even if he didn’t, he’s clearly not interested in you any more.

    Delete everythig, and block him on all social media. Lose his number. Get professional help – it’s not normal to fixate on a person this much and be unable to accept that they have moved on after a year of them blanking you. If it’s right that this ‘chemistry’ was basically a few dates, then this is really a disproportionate response. We’ve all had chemistry with people it hasn’t worked out with (I’m like an expert in finding guys who just got a girlfriend :/) but you have to move on. Look after yourself and do other stuff.

    #790733 Reply
    Sylvia

    I’m not this poster you’re accusing me of being.. Also the corona guy is a new one, I posted another thread about the guy from last year in a different topic. The one I’m still obsessed about. The one from this post – I’m not obsessed.
    Mell, your first post was perfect. Thank you. Yes, I did want to punish him. I care not THAT much but I do care and I hate when they get cold. I feel also played?
    As for the guys from last last (that I kept writing to) yeah, he totally doesn’t want my messages and never felt the way I did. It’s clear. It’s like a schizophrenic being aware of her being one but now knowing what to do. I’m just so angry because he is still on my mind and haven’t been in touch, I’ve been ghosted for several months. I never really knew him but I feel crazy. I would give up a lot to at least turn back time and act differently. Or never met him at all. Thank you, I know it’s not been healthy.
    This thread is more about: “If a guy doesn’t really step up should you delete him or let it go”.

    #790734 Reply
    Lane

    Its always bets to do BOTH if its clear as day a guy isn’t interested in pursuing anything with you.

    I learned this lesson when I was a teenager, whereas I liked a guy who was showing me a lot of interest, and then suddenly stopped. I was confused I would try calling him, and wait by the phone for his call until by dad sat me down and explained to me that a man who is showing a lot of interest will be the one calling me and wanting to see me, if they don’t, then you need to stop chasing them. He was right! When a guy is really interested I had to do NOTHING but sit back and just show up when they asked me out, and when they stopped, it was my cue to stop bugging or pestering him because there would be another interested guy who would take their place, often within in a short period of time. I was able to connect the dots, and understand how interest can wane when I stopped liking a guy back, and it didn’t feel good when they were the one’s who kept calling or trying to keep me interested when I wanted nothing to do with them.

    Trust me, it really sucks for the party who’s not interested to be pestered, bothered or worse case, stalked, which has happened to me, when those feelings aren’t reciprocated! This is why its BEST to remove ANY and ALL evidence of a guy when its clear they are no longer interested so to help you not only get over them faster but so you don’t *get stuck* in a one-sided crush, unrequited love, or limerence situation for too long as it could lead to long term emotional, mental or health problems.

    Clinging onto men who clearly have and are showing no interest in pursuing anything romantic with you, isn’t worth the mental or emotional energy one spends spinning or twisting their brain into a knot. By removing them from your life the moment they stop showing interest, will help your mind to get over them faster so you can be emotionally available and open for the *right man* to enter your life. If these men are blocking you from doing this, then YOU need too delete and block all traces of them, so you’re not only tempted to reach out but so YOU can start the process of re-training your brain to stop thinking of them…like they say “out of sight, out of mind”—this is the best and fastest approach that’s worked for me!

    #790737 Reply
    Sylvia

    Lane, thank you. I agree with every single world. It’s terrible how guys can one today out of nowhere disappear. I also totally can imagine how annoying I might come cross to a few guys and even scary to the one. I hated the feeling of getting messages from my “stalkers”. I don’t know if my policy is right but if we’re escalating then if he goes cold suddenly, stops being interested, stops initiating, gives short answers then I don’t care what’s going on with him, I’m done. Like you’re talking to me in real life, sleeping with me, chatting and then you’re MIA. What, are you playing with others toys now and maybe just maybe when you get bored you’ll msg me?

    #790753 Reply
    K

    I didn’t accuse you of being BOS. I said you sound like her. She was finally bounced out of here because she kept posting over and over and over about a lot of irrational things. She couldn’t stop and she was finally asked to leave.

    You’re talking out of both sides of your mouth. On one hand you know you’re acting like a stalker and you can understand how the guys wouldn’t like it and then you talk like stalker.

    You are hooked on this situation and if you keep posting here and aren’t getting any better after a year, I repeat that you need to seek professional counseling and using this site will only make you worse not better. We’ve seen how that goes here.

    My two cents. I won’t post on your threads again. Obsessing like this over men won’t lead to any kind of healthy relationship or happiness for you. I hope you find someone to help you work through this.

    #790783 Reply
    mell

    If a guy doesn’t step up, you let him go. Sure, delete him off your social media but not to make a point and score mind games. You delete or block people so that you’re free – so that they aren’t popping up on your feed and blindsiding you with posts that might hurt your feelings.

    Deleting somoene or blocking them is a self-protective measure, not a punitive one.
    I do agree that getting help would be useful. And that maybe you should focus not on dating – if you’re bouncing from one highly emotive relationship or pining situation to the next, you probably really need a break to process your feelings.

    #790788 Reply
    Newbie

    I by no means want to offend you but the way you write, the impulse behaviour, sleeping with guys and then being all over the place, having serious issues with self esteem (i remember your old posts where you were so worried what others would think of you) are all signs of borderline. Im not a doctor and this is the internet, but if you never had any type of counseling and you keep taking sort of self destructive paths, you may want to look into it. I have known a few borderline diagnosed persons and after that became clear, they got help.
    Its not that i think youre some sort of basket case but because i think youre young, have a bubbly personality but somehow cant recognize whats good for you and whats not maybe because of upbringing or some chemical unbalance in your body. If this all makes zero sense to you, thats fine too. Good luck

    #790854 Reply
    Sylvia

    Newbie, I think about it sometimes, that there is something off with my brain. I don’t know what triggers me. The thing is my “craziness” escalated over 2 years – I opened myself up, sexually too and dealt with different kind of rejection than before. ONS/FWB is new for me. I have no idea where the line crosses and becomes BPD. I was definitely always oversensitive but if it makes sense guys make me feel and act crazy and “only” them.

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