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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:35 PM
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Help me NOT to call my ex who dumped me. I am weak!
So it's been since the 27th of November since he dumped me. I haven't heard from him at all and I don't expect to. It was a rough, mean sort of dumping. I have not called, written, emailed, nothing. No contact.

I am not crying every day anymore, but I'm still crying all the time. The weekends are worse, and of course New Year's was worse still. I was awfully lonely for him and remembering the good times, which were very very good. I thought about him all weekend and haven't been able to get him off my mind today either. I know exaactly where he is right now, I could just pick up the phone and say hello...hear that voice that I miss so dearly.

I know rationally that this is a very stupid thing to do, but I'm having trouble, DUers. Help me realize that I should NOT pick up that phone. Thanks in advance.
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:36 PM
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1. Do not pick up the phone.
Or if you do, order a pizza.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:37 PM
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3. Mmm, pizza.
Good advice. Pizza will not make me feel nearly as bad as giving in and being weak.
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:36 PM
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2. Don't do it!!
You'll end up seriously regretting it!

Be strong :hug:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:37 PM
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7. I'm trying. Thanks for the hug.
:hug:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:37 PM
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4. Don't do it
Just don't. Imagine that if you call him, he'll yodel in your ear really loud. You wouldn't want that, would you?
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:38 PM
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12. Er, no. No I wouldn't. :)
Thanks. :hug:
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:37 PM
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5. I went thru this last april
Don't call him. I know how you feel. I also cried daily for a month.

Call a friend instead...or a family member or someone else.
Go out and do something nice for yourself.

:hug: hang in there. I know it's hard.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:40 PM
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22. My friends have been so great.
I can't believe they're not sick of going through this with me, but they're so patient. Maybe I'll call my friend and make plans for tonight, so at least I have something to look forward to to make it through this day. Thanks. :hug:
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GRLMGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:37 PM
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6. You don't need him
I know it's hard to get over but if he dumped you in a mean way, it just shows what kind of person he is and do you really need that? Stay strong, you'll always have support here.:hug:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:41 PM
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23. I most certainly do not need that. He hurt me very badly.
Thank you for the suppport. :hug:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:38 PM
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8. Just remind yourself that you deserve better than him.
He'll just end up hurting you again.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:45 PM
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28. True, and true.
He doesn't have anything to give me. He is emotionally unavailable. Thanks my friend. :hug:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:38 PM
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9. Go to a bookstore or library
Edited on Mon Jan-03-05 01:38 PM by DS1
and if you have a cellphone, leave it at home. Treat yourself to a nice big mocha, and get lost in a book or magazine somewhere.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:46 PM
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29. They're a gorgeous B&N across the street.
Maybe I'll wander over there on my lunch break. Thank you. :hug:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:49 PM
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35. I was thinking B&N while I wrote that
Coffee and comfy chairs

:-)
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:01 PM
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53. Excellent, lovely advice.
And I heartily second. Lose yourself in a book(s) for awhile.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:38 PM
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10. Don't you dare call him - I will lose all the respect I have for you...
I mean that. :spank:

You know where to find me if you need me. :hi:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:46 PM
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31. I know, I will lose respect for myself.
My best friend has already told me that she'll come up here and kick my ass. :) So I guess I'm not allowed. Thanks my dear. :hug:
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:38 PM
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11. Do not pick up the phone - you've beaten worse things than this!
:hug:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:48 PM
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33. I sure as hell have.
This is a blip. In 5 years, I won't remember it. Thanks. :hug:
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:39 PM
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13. Don't be an ass
I mean, unless you're planning on death threats or threatening to expose his, ahem, unmentionables on the Internet. In that case, pick up the phone and roast him.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:49 PM
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34. Heh.
Not my style. I will walk away with head held high. (as much as possible while being dumped.) Thanks, I don't want to be an ass. :)
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Murphys_Unlawful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:39 PM
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14. What's wrong with trying...
I mean, if you can handle the rejection again. But you never know.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:50 PM
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36. I know rationally that he will reject me again.
If he was interested in starting anything back up, he would have called me. What's wrong with trying is that I will be degrading myself, begging before someone who thoroughly rejected me. Thank you, your post was most helpful.
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Murphys_Unlawful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:53 PM
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39. Just give a call...
to say hi. Make it innocent.
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 03:07 PM
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93. Don't do it
It can only have dire consequences. For you. He'll probably have a good laugh.
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:39 PM
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15. Be proud of yourself
That is hard, and you've done well.

Be good to yourself, don't wish when you cry, just mourn. It hurts, and it's a loss (even if it's the best thing in the long run). Just mourn. That's how you move on.

Stay strong.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:51 PM
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37. I'm working at it. It is hard.
But you are right, in the end this work I'm doing now will bear fruit. This part just SUCKS, you know? :)
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:39 PM
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16. don't do it!!
caLL me instead. :P
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:52 PM
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38. Okay! Your number's 555-HOT STUD, right?
;-)
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:40 PM
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17. don't do it. i've always had people i used to date call me around
new years, and it happened this year as well. remember that it's an especially tough time of the year (with the holidays, the short days, the rough weather, etc...), and that you're probably at your most vulnerable at this time. if you can make it through january, i'm willing to bet that you'll have a much easier time with it going forward (i hope). :hug:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:53 PM
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40. You are right. In addition to the holidays, it's so cold.
Makes me feel more alone in the bed at night. Is there anything worse than sleeping alone in the winter? Ugh! Thanks for the supprt. :hug:
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:09 PM
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60. get an electric blanket.
Have crank yankers call him.
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Total Mass Retain Donating Member (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:51 PM
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128. Get one of those long
body pillows,and a fleecy or furry cover for it,and snuggle up to it.And/or a nice huge fake furry throw,kind of a security blanket. Get a breakfast-in-bed tray,make yourself some nice tea or hot chocolate and muffins or scones,and then make your bedroom into your sanctuary,make it smell good with some nice candles(bakery scents are comforting),and watch TV or listen to music or read in bed.Such pampering works wonders for that "empty space" feeling in lieu of someone to snuggle with. In fact,it's better alone-you can hog all the covers,sprawl out,eat in bed,watch/listen to whatever you want,stay up late,and not care if you're bothering someone.
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:40 PM
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18. DO NOT CALL THE SOB
Obviously this person did not care about you otherwise the dumping would not of been done rough and mean. Do something nice for yourself instead.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:54 PM
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41. He freely admitted he doesn't care anything for me.
I am trying to be gentle with myself, but I think the holidays conspired against me. :) Thanks.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:40 PM
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19. Use your hatred, Luke!
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:55 PM
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42. NO SHIT.
Fucking motherfucking cocksucker. Hey you're right, I do feel better...
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:16 PM
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69. Not only that...
.... but just because a relationship has to end doesn't mean it has to end cruelly.

Only a total BASTARD would make the pain of someone who cares about him worse on purpose.

Time will heal all, and the next guy you get with won't be such a fucking dick, because now you can spot em :)
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sportndandy Donating Member (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:40 PM
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20. Don't call. Write a letter and then burn it.
Get all of your thoughts into expression and out of your system. Then burn them. Voila. You are free. Be a bluebird or a butterfly. Later you can be an eagle.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:56 PM
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44. I have been doing that, thank goodness. Good suggestion.
I will try to embrace being a butterfly and flitting away from this pain for a while. At least until work is over. Thanks. :)
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amazona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:40 PM
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21. Do Not Call
I would never call back an ex who conveniently dumped me over the holidays so that he could save a bundle on Christmas gifts. Stop obsessing over the good times, and get yourself good and P.O.ed over this shabby trick. It was pulled on my sister once. After the holidays she didn't call, the skunk himself came crawling back. She gave him an earful and hung up.

Any ex who breaks up before Christmas, birthday, or Valentine's is too cheap and skeezy and unworthy of your attention and affection.

Be strong.

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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:57 PM
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45. I'm trying, thank you. Sorry about your sister, and good for her!
:hug:
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:41 PM
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24. Check your PMs
I recommended some books for you last week. These books helped me a lot when I went thru this.

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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:58 PM
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50. I did get that PM, thanks!
I'm going to the bookstore this afternoon, so I'll check them out. Thanks again. :)
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:41 PM
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25. get drunk
or use strong opiates before you call. less destructive & they'll make you feel better.


if there was ANYTHING left, he wd have gotten in touch before now.

even if he drops by for a pityfuck, he'll just boast to his buds and ignore you till you beg again.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:00 PM
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51. I don't drink. You are right that if he cared at all, he would have called
I was devastated at the scene of the breakup and left his house basically hysterical in tears, gasping for breath. If he cared at all, he would have at least called to make sure I made it home on the hour drive in the pouring rain in the dark, in that state. But he didn't. I bet he never thinks of me at all.
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jukes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 05:21 PM
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121. sorry!
forgot for a tick whose friend you are.

bang your head against the wall, then. @ least an aspirin will stop the pain.

you're worth more than this, kiddo. we've ALL been through it. the call wd be as bad as as a slip.
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bamademo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:42 PM
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26. Hey I broke up on New Year's Eve
It was bad. But you know what? I went to Atlanta to visit my friends and I felt better. I than decided that I wanted to be civil and have closure so I called him and said I didn't want things to end so nastily and I wished we could be friends but it would be too painful. He said he was sorry and that he had genuine issues. I told him I would miss the hell out of him and that was it. So maybe you can email or leave a message and that will help you get some closure.

Fellow DU men. There are at least 2 unattached ladies here in emotional distress. :-) Prove you're not the bastards we think you are. :-)
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:02 PM
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54. God, I'm so sorry.
:(

I'm glad you were able to have closure. With as nasty as the breakup was, my contacting him in any way would be degrading and abasing to me. Thank you for the reminder that not all breakups are like this one, and that this one does not deserve a follow-up call. Thanks. :)
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HEAVYHEART Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:44 PM
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27. You are not weak
Is this the same guy who made love to you on Christmas night or eveg, and then he broke up with you? I remember seeing that thread here. If so, fuck him. I mean, just forget him!

It's ok to grieve. Then get over it. You'll be fine. PM me anytime if you ever need to chat ok?
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:03 PM
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55. Different person.
Mine was not much better, though. Thanks for the support. :)
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4morewars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:46 PM
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30. You WILL regret it ...
if you call ! The call WILL NOT not go according to the nice little script you have written in your head ! It will probably be quite the opposite. I know this because I made the call, and lived to regret it. PLUS, you will have to start the healing ALL over again, thus wasting the last five weeks of good grieving. Hang in there, this too shall pass !

Nothin' but love, Joe
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:04 PM
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56. yeah, I don't want to start over!
This has been hard enough. That will just set me off all over again. I can almost be POSITIVE that he will not say anything nice to me, that he will not say any of the things I want to hear. My guess is that he will blow me off and hang up on me.

Thanks very much. :hug:
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4morewars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:28 PM
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73. Guess which song....
has been going through my head for the last half hour ?
Eveerytime I see your screen name it happens. Can ya guess? Hah? Can ya ?

:yourock:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:31 PM
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75. Hmm...let me think....
;-)
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:48 PM
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32. i think by calling
you would be demeaning your own self esteem. From your posts, you are a witty, intelligent women. By calling you are telling him you cannot find anyone else. don't do it.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:07 PM
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59. You are right.
I am working hard at not calling. All the messages really help. Thank you my friend. :hug:
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:55 PM
Response to Reply #59
90. If you need someone to call
and want to leave a real dirty, downright pornographic message, I am available.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 03:57 PM
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95. Hmmm....
I was writing downright dirty porn in my journal last night...I am soooooo hard up right now, it's just sad. :)
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:06 PM
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97. were any pirates looking at 50
ravaging you for their own personal lust???

just curious...
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:10 PM
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98. Actually, it was a friend of a friend.
My guy friend brought along another guy friend who is MARRIED, which means he is completely off-limits to me. But he's a hugely muscular big guy--just my type, and I couldn't help fantasizing about having those big arms around me...mmmmm.

I don't mind a LITTLE bit of fat either, as long as they're much bigger than I am. :)
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:20 PM
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101. a little fat is good!!!
on both sexes!
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:21 PM
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102. Well, I'm pretty thin.
And I would want someone who keeps themselves in FAIRLY good shape, if you know what I mean. But that barrel-chested body type is NEVER going to be slender. This guy has a rock-hard stomach though, even though he has sub-epidermal fat that makes him big around the middle. He also has huge shoulders, arms, and pecs. So that's a nice compromise. Not that it matters, since he's MARRIED. Dammit! What's a girl gotta do to find a good guy?!?
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:27 PM
Response to Reply #102
103. maybe get a gym membership
and hang with that type.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:33 PM
Response to Reply #103
104. Hey, not a bad idea!
I like the elliptical machine. :)
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:56 PM
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43. "It was a rough mean sort of dumping"
Why would you want anything to do with someone who would do that to you?

Chances are, he made you feel guilty too, like you did something to make him dump you. Not a chance in hell that is true! For whatever reason he had, he still has it and you aren't going to change it. Instead, whydon't you get in your car and go somewhere, just for the afternoon (or evening after work). Invite a friend to have dinner or go for coffee at the bookstore or something.

By all means do not call that bastard again. Period. I'll have to spank you if you do.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:09 PM
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61. I don't know why!
With the way he treated me at the end, I have no idea why I would want to talk to him ever again. I guess it's just that the beginning was soooooooo nice...and I actually enjoyed sex with him, for the first time in my life...these are the things that go through my mind. But you're right, he was a complete emotional fuckwit and the good times weren't worth the heart-stomping I got afterward. Thank you. :hug:

(waiting for my spanking!) :spank:
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smbolisnch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:57 PM
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46. DO NOT CALL!
Tape your hands together if you have to! That's what my mom told me about my bf when I was in high school. I was going through the same emotions, and she told me to do anything to keep myself busy. It worked! You will be ok, keep typing messages here at DU! :hug:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:06 PM
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57. With as many lovely people as have responded to this thread...
I have enough to keep my busy!! :) It's just the stupid holidays, you know? Thanks. :hug:
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:58 PM
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47. Come on there are lots of guys out there
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:10 PM
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63. Ooh, sexy!
I was really hoping for self-storage gyno, though. I think he must know his way around a woman's body...
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:12 PM
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65. Heywood's been around
Look at him.
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TNDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:58 PM
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48. Just remember - living well is the best revenge.
There is something quite attractive about someone who seems to have their life together, is happy, seemingly prospering and doesn't need YOU (him). It could possibly bring him back to you or in the process of living well you could find yourself forgetting all about him.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:12 PM
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64. You are right.
Either way. If my goal is to get over him, I must not call. If my goal is to entice him to get back together, I must not call. Either way, I MUST NOT CALL.

Thank you. :)
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:58 PM
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49. Be strong, Janesez
I know you can do this. I'm with you all the way!
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:12 PM
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66. Thank you! I'm trying.
:hug:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:00 PM
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52. Do NOT CALL. If you MUST pick up the phone, call me.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:13 PM
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67. I'm already calling Sniffa - maybe we could three-way!
I mean...wait. That came out wrong. :evilgrin:
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:07 PM
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58. ahhh -get a life....
i mean that not in a bad way but as someone who has been tru couple in my life it`s the best thing to do. try doing somethings that you never did with him and esp. go to new places. it takes time but for your sake get on with your life and stop thinking about him. if he did this to you that way i`d say screw him there`s alot more where he came from and certainly alot nicer.hey-"the future so bright you got to wear shades"
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:15 PM
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68. "A lot nicer" would not be hard to accomplish. He was not nice.
You are right and thanks for the encouragement. No offense taken, I do need a life. I need to get back on the horse and start dating again, maybe.
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:10 PM
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62. Please don't do it!
For your own sake and sanity, don't call. Been there, done that, it doesn't work. Go workout instead. It's better for you than stewing waiting for a chance or a call that won't come.

I believe in you, and so do the cats. :hug:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:16 PM
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70. Sad thing is, I've been through this before in my life too...
and I KNOW it's a bad idea! And yet I can't remove the obsession from my mind. It's frustrating!

Thank you for the support and kiss the kitties for me! :hug:
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:42 PM
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78. Think about it...
why would you want to be subjected to a fresh round of abuse? Wasn't once enough?

Now, you have no reason to call. :thumbsup:

Or else, the cats will track you down and raid your accounts buying mail-order cat toys. :evilgrin:
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:27 PM
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71. Don't do it.
You're remembering the nice guy you used to know, not the asswhipe he turned into. Nice guy is gone. Why would you call an asswhipe?

Tell you what - you give me his number, I will call him. I'll tell him he's a real jerk for treating you that way and that he'll never ever be lucky enough to find someone as great as you.

Waddaya say?

:hug:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:36 PM
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76. True, there was no nice guy left at the end.
It was all asswipe, and why WOULD I want to call an asswipe?

Thanks. :hug:
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:28 PM
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72. The law of the jungle is that
he won't call until you have made an emotional connection to another man, and can't remember why you stayed with him as long as you did. Right now you need to be picturing him in humiliating circumstances, and doing horrible disgusting thinks. It really does help speed the process.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:43 PM
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79. Okay, I'll try that!
Do you have any humiliating circumstance suggestions?
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:35 PM
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105. I don't know his flaws, but thats
Edited on Mon Jan-03-05 04:37 PM by hickman1937
where you start. Anything he was sensative about, or flaws you didn't care for, but you ignored in the hormonal flood. Ask your friends, they weren't bathed in endorphins, and probably saw a lot that you didn't.

on edit: don't spend a lot of time on this, maybe an hour a day. The point is to learn to forget him for longer and longer periods.
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YDogg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:29 PM
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74. Please don't call ...
... it sounds like he is not worthy. Break-ups can really suck, but it may be possible to jump headlong into a hobby or other activity as a means of eliminating down time once spent with someone else. Best wishes - I hope things work out for the best; it will likely take some time.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:44 PM
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80. Thank you. He is NOT worthy, it's true.
And yet love is weird, isn't it?

Thanks for the support. :hug:
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Amaya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:39 PM
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77. If you call you'll only prolong the misery
Be strong. I know exactly what you're feeling. Don't do it! If you want to do something, email him. Get out ALL your feelings, have some closure. It might work, but what do I know? :shrug:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:49 PM
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84. Thank you for the nice words.
:hug:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:45 PM
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81. Is it time to re-read your Christmas present again?
:spank:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:50 PM
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85. Seriously!
That didn't take long, did it? *spanks self* :spank:
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:46 PM
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82. Is it a booty call?
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:50 PM
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86. No.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:47 PM
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83. Pick up the phone. Dial this number. DO IT NOW!
1-976-Futurama.
(note, this line dials up a counseling service.)

or, if you're not a geek:

1-976-hot-sex-with-the-person-you-choose-and-we-do-not-care-if-you-are-gay-because-we-appease-everybody-so-there.
(note, this line also dials up a counseling service.)
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:50 PM
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87. Okay, all of that made me laugh.
:)
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:51 PM
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88. move away from the phone...and try not to be alone tonite
Edited on Mon Jan-03-05 02:52 PM by lionesspriyanka
best of luck
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:52 PM
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89. Thanks.
I am going to make plans with friends. Thanks for the support.
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flygal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 03:07 PM
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91. It will only make it worse
Trust me - been there sooooo many times. And I swear - the only time they ever came around was when I ignored them. When you move on to bigger and better they get pissed. I even walked in on a jerk in bed with someone else and after several months of ignoring his ass he came up to me and groveled. It was great!
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 03:07 PM
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92. Oooh....groveling would be nice.
Ignore him. Check! Got it. Thanks for the advice. :hug:
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 03:53 PM
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94. I would say "take a long walk" but it's raining
My friends used Removal Therapy when I went through this is college (pre-cell-phone). Went home with a girlfriend, and left no forwarding number (so I knew he couldn't call). Kept an eye on me all weekend so I couldn't call either. No mention of the guy's name allowed. Worked great.

Out with friends sounds good too. Why not go out to dinner at Raddicchio this week and pick up (or just oogle) one of the hot Italians (not Italian Americans, but REAL Italians) that always seem to be eating there. I always think the Italian boys there look as good as the food...

mmmm....Italian boys....
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:11 PM
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99. Mmmmmmm....Italian boys....
Best suggestion on the thread. :thumbsup: Aren't you clever! :hi:
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 03:58 PM
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96. A case of the dialies!!
When this happens, my friends and I used to call it the dialies.
It'll pass.

Mostly because--who the hell is he to get anything from you?

Plus, no contact means no new pain. Calling him up is like opening the wound all over again.

I know there are a billion replies already, but I wanted to add to the don't call thoughts.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:19 PM
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100. You are absolutely correct.
I have been through hell this past month - why put myself through more hell?!? And he doesn't deserve even a word from me. Thanks. :hug:
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:35 PM
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106. Go ahead and call him
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:37 PM
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107. Why?
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:44 PM
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108. Maybe he really misses you. Maybe you'll get him back.
Is he seeing anyone?
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:47 PM
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109. I don't know.
I don't think so. I haven't heard anything from mutual friends, although they might just be sparing my feelings.

Here's his breakup speech to me, if this gives you more info:

"You're a great girl, you treat me great, you're beautiful and the sex is great. But I don't give a fuck about you. And it's not that I'm not ready, it's that YOU'RE NOT THE ONE."

So it's good for me to remember that. It's easy to remember the good times, but that's not how it was in the end. I don't think he misses me, or he would have called, wouldn't he? Just to see how I was? It's been over a month. I left his house in hysterics, and drove an hour back to the city in the pouring rain, in the dark. Wouldn't he have called just to see I made it back safely? I don't know, maybe boys don't think like that...
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:50 PM
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110. Oh good lord he's a freaking monster
Do not even consider calling him. You cried all the way home because he's just plain cruel. You don't miss him, unless you love abuse. You're just lonely. What a prick!
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:53 PM
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112. I think you are right.
I think New Year's just did a number on me. It's one of those holidays that really sucks if you're single. I was feeling better about this, and then this weekend all I did was think about him and feel sorry for myself. I think you're right, I think i'm just lonely. He really did behave like a prick. It's amazing how much he changed. He was really great in the beginning.
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:50 PM
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111. Freeze right there.
Don't call, it will set you back to sqare one. See my response. #105.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:54 PM
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113. Thanks, I will take your suggestion.
I am also in therapy, so hopefully that will help too.
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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 05:11 PM
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120. Oh, he's a flaming asshole!
That letter proves it!

Just keep repeating "I Can Do FAR Better Than This!"
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:56 PM
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129. He's a sorry assed panty waist son of a bitch
however, if you want to call him to remind yourself of that, then go ahead and call.

Let me promise you something, and this is Stephanie, not Michael...you will NEVER cry over another man after the age of 34. EVER. No matter how great or how ungodly horrible they were/are.

And when you meet the right man, there will be no doubt.

Crying over stupid men is just a part of being young, and I am sorry--I know it hurts like hell...I cried over several of them.

Stephanie
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theorist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 05:00 PM
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114. Call him right now.
And by "him" I mean me, and by "right now", I mean RIGHT NOW. :D

Seriously, though, it's tough. I just went through a breakup myself that was downright amicable compared to yours. Don't give in.

Our lovely fellow DUers have offered tons of great advice. I especially like the bookstore idea. Anyway, here's a cyber-hug. :hug:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 05:03 PM
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115. What's your number?
Kidding! Don't post that here!!! :loveya: Thanks though. YOu're sweet. We'll make it!
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theorist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 05:10 PM
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119. Yes, we will!
The unfortunate/fortunate thing is that I'm a 23 yo grad student in a true-to-form college town (18-21 year olds), and I'm completely unfamiliar with the dating scene.

This should make for an interesting chapter in my life. Well, here's to the single life. :toast:
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justice4all Donating Member (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 05:07 PM
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116. He sounds like a total dickhead
to talk to you that way. You can do much much better! There are nice people out there. Hold out for someone who values and respects you.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 05:08 PM
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117. Thank you, and welcome to DU!!
:hi:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 05:08 PM
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118. You guys, I am going home!
Now I'm leaving work and I can call my friends and get out of the danger zone. You kept me safe and away from the phone for the WHOLE DAY!! Amazing people, you are. Thanks for all the love and support, you guys ROCK!!!

Love you! :loveya: Goodnight!!
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YDogg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 09:43 PM
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122. Any ...
... update?
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 09:55 PM
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123. He is not worthy, and you are in the midst of withdrawal from an
addiction.

Go over every nasty thing he did to you, and remind yourself that your real friends would never have done that.
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 09:59 PM
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124. tricky guy, saved on xmas presents, but i digress; lady, get a grip
the guy dumps you and you yearn for such a jerk? you must either hate yourself and love the punishment or are incapable of moving on with your life.

...oh yeah, i can hear the reply....<in a whining voice> "but he was special, we had somethng special"

me too, i had the lunch special, but i got over it.

wallowing in memories instead of living in the present is stupid.

get on with your fucking life. at least you have one to live.

the more you think about this shit, the worse it is for you.

focus on one thing; you now can follow any path in life you want to. you can walk in any direction and be free....kinda' like kane in kung fu.

you are your own person and control your own life.

that is a bad thing?

btw: if you ever call him, i will not make wild, monkey love with you ever again.

:spank:
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-05 10:25 PM
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125. "Fuck him, he was trash"
From that movie with Glenn Close-"Jagged Edge"

Remember-he's really not that into you-and you are much cooler than that, and deserve to be with someone who knows how cool, smart sexy and just plain hot you are.

If you harbour these feelings for him, you are keeping yourself closed off to someone who is really cool who WANTS to be with you.

Good luck, girl. :hi:
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Total Mass Retain Donating Member (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 04:44 PM
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127. Use your imagination,
imagine to yourself that he has gotten herpes or crabs or something nasty,and you wouldn't want that nasty whoremonger anywhere near you. You might even be able to convince yourself that it's true,and then if that doesn't work(EWWWWWW!!!!),nothing will!
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