Tales From the Front Lines: The Cuddle Buddy One of the most cringe-inducing stories I’ve ever heard was about a friend-of-a-friend, who we’ll call James. James was completely devastated due to a recent breakup with his girlfriend, Amy. James was convinced that Amy was his only shot at real love, and that he had to get her back at all…
Read More »What Women Want Earlier, we talked at length about the qualities that women are wired to look for in a man. Now we’ll look at those qualities in terms of how you can incorporate them into your strategy to win back your ex. Specifically, let’s see what you can be doing during your no-contact period to project the qualities that…
Read More »I’m aware that there are many little hurdles or speed bumps that can emerge at this point, so it’s important that we address some of the most common ones. If you don’t feel that the previous sections addressed your situation, your problem will hopefully be covered here. If not, just remember to address every situation with confidence and let her…
Read More »If She Tries To Reach Out To You… If your ex reaches out to you during this No Contact period—whether it’s with a text message, a call, or a message on Facebook—you may respond. You don’t want to be rude. The key is to keep your response upbeat, positive and brief. (“I’m doing really great, going skiing this weekend with…
Read More »In college, we had large, extended groups of friends we knew through sports and other activities. Some of these friends actually helped us learn a lot about relationships, mostly because we were able to observe their blunders and mishaps firsthand. One such person was a guy we’ll call Adam (for future reference, all names will be changed in the stories…
Read More »An Excerpt from “The Alpha Rules” by Dean Cortez & Carlos Xuma “Be the island, not the waves. The Alpha Man provides a safe haven for the women in his life. Be a protector: demonstrate the ability to be a source of physical and emotional security. Women are attracted to stable, secure men and are repelled by neediness and insecurity….
Read More »Exception 5: The Short-Term Relationship This is the most important of the exceptions, because in this situation, having an extended No Contact period with her can kill your chances of getting her back. This is because you have not spent the time together that is really required for her to depend on your affection, attention, and presence in her life….
Read More »Women are NOT attracted to the following qualities: Neediness Nothing is less attractive to a girl (or a guy, if think about it) than someone who is constantly wanting to be at your side, not winning your respect but instead your pity because they seemingly have nothing else to do but hang on you. Think in terms of supply and…
Read More »The Post-Relationship Post-Mortem Now let’s dig deeper and think about some of the other reasons why things went wrong with your ex. At first glance, this may seem pretty simple, especially if you were given explicit reasons as to why your girlfriend didn’t want to continue the relationship. However, there is almost always more to it than meets the eye….
Read More »A Little Help From Your Friends You may have heard from others that it’s best to work through the pain of a breakup alone. In reality, that is very far from the truth. While you obviously do not want to rely on your ex to help you get through the breakup, you will definitely benefit from some sort of support…
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