Do you want to get your girl back but aren’t certain how to go about it? Does the sight of other happy couples depress you because it reminds you of what you don’t have? Activities that were fun just don’t matter anymore? If so, you’re not alone. This happens to everyone at some point in their lives. They said or did something dumb and because of this mistake, they face each day alone.

Humans are complex. We’re so perfectly keyed in to our own inner thoughts and needs, yet can be so blind to those of others. If you include the differences between the sexes, it’s not surprising in the least that breakups happen so often. This is very true when it comes to understanding the words and actions of your ex. This focus on our own feelings and needs can blind us to a real understanding. From the point of view of your ex, your thoughts about why the breakup occurred may seem altogether wrong.

Getting your girl back may seem hopeless but it isn’t. Countless relationships survive their stormy periods and break ups. Many of these happened over situations much worse than yours. This proves that you have good reason for optimism if your situation is more normal. Some of these normal circumstances include boredom, quarrels, unfaithfulness, control issues, and all of the ’small things’ that can bring about friction.

How to get your girl back: The strategy

So exactly what are steps involved in getting her back? First you need to be sure that you want her back for the right reasons. If it’s because you can’t stand the thought of her being with someone else or if living alone is scary to you, then you want her back for the wrong reasons.

In addition, you’ll have to commit yourself to making whatever self improvements are needed to make the relationship work.

Next, you’ll have to resist the impulse to barrage her with lots of phone calls, attention, and uninvited encounters. This will only make you appear desperate, weak and needy. These weren’t the qualities that attracted her to you in the first place.

Beware of advice offered up by your friends. People don’t trouble themselves with much thought when giving their opinions. Since the problem isn’t theirs, not much effort will be expended in careful thought.

The most difficult part of getting your girlfriend back is early in the breakup when strong emotions are controlling your thoughts and actions. You must take care not to ‘lose it’ with your ex or say anything that will inflict hurt. This can destroy any prospects of getting back with her. You simply will give her more justification for leaving you.

There’s nothing attractive about ugly behavior. You have to get back in touch with the thinking, reasoning part of your brain. You have a problem to solve and this is what rationality is good for. So use it!

Now, the strategy for winning your girl back involves rebooting your relationship with your ex. This means exactly as it sounds. The relationship will be allowed to shutdown and then it will be restarted.

So the first thing to do is to agree to the break up in a mature manner and to make no attempts (for now) at getting her back. For the near term, you will allow things to cool off between the two of you. This is actually good since a lot of the feelings are negative at this point and you both need time for some quiet reflection.

During this cooling off period you will be making preparations for getting back with your ex. This is very similar to the preparations you’d normally make when entering the dating scene. You do whatever is needed to make yourself attractive to the opposite sex. This could mean getting in shape, learning to exude confidence or whatever needs brushing up.

When you eventually begin seeing her again, you won’t be taking your previous relationship with her for granted. It will be very similar to the process of getting to know a woman for the first time. This means taking it slow and not pressuring her with any expectations of resuming a relationship.

Getting together with your ex for the first time is very delicate and will require some finesse. You’re not asking her out on a heavy date. It’s going to be for a brief chat. During this chat you will demonstrate through your appearance, words, and actions, that you are a new man. Instead of making empty promises of change for the better, you will subtly demonstrate that you already ARE that changed man.

The idea is to get her to see you in a new light. This new side to you will create curiosity and will intrigue her. If you succeed at this then your future get togethers will eventually become dates. Remember the self improvement efforts during the cooling off stage? If you were successful at this, then the new man that she sees is real.

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A tactic is a plan for attaining a particular goal. In this case, the goal is getting your girl back and mending the root cause of the break up.

1.) To start, you will need to gradually ease her back into the relationship. A wound does not heal overnight. Some time will be needed to heal your broken relationship.

Rather than trying to fix things up as fast as possible, you should allow about a month to let things cool off. During this time, you should be assessing the relationship itself. You’ll need to consider things like whether you really do want her back and what changes you’ll have to make to get the relationship to work.

2.) After this “chilling out” period, you’ll need to reopen the lines of communication with her again. It’s important that you establish a level of comfort with her. This means being friends and being able to communicate in a relaxed way.

There can’t be any discussions on heavy topics that place pressure on her. This isn’t the time yet to be talking about the break up or any other serious relationship issues. There’s a time for this type of talk but it will be at a later stage.

If it’s too difficult to establish a friendship, then you may need to allow more cooling off time. However, one month really should be the maximum. Too much time apart will allow your partner to adapt or get too comfortable with living without you. It also increases the chances of another love rival to enter the picture.

3.) There will come a time when the issue of resuming the relationship will have to be discussed. Bringing this up will be a very awkward and delicate moment. However, you can’t be spending too much time with her as a friend. If there is no chance of getting her back, you need to know this so that you can move on.

Don’t be putting too much expectation in her agreeing right away with coming back. A response that is non-committal means that the possibility of restarting the relationship still exists in her mind. It will simply require more time for her to know one way or the other.

4.) One “trick” that you can try is to take advantage of something that everyone does. What I’m talking about here is the tendency for all of us to replay certain events repeatedly in our minds. Whenever someone says or does something that causes a strong emotion, we tend to rehash that moment over and over again in our heads.

This is how we process our feelings about a particular emotional event. Typically this will happen when someone unexpectedly says something mean or snide that takes us off guard. However, this can also be triggered with an unexpected compliment or dramatic gesture.

In order for this to work, you’ll need to elicit a strong positive emotion from her. This has to be a nice gesture or compliment that she would never expect to come from you.

If you succeed in this, she will be savoring this repeatedly in her mind when she’s alone. Her good feelings about you will get strengthened and reinforced with each “replay”. You probably won’t be able to induce this state more than a few times, but one or two times is all you’ll need.

Skillful use of these tactics should make a real difference in your efforts to win her back.

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Most guys realize that being masculine really turns on women. They may work out hard to get a chiseled body and often wear clothing styles that look very macho. So far, so good but they are overlooking something else that’s really effective in holding a woman’s interest.

This is having a skill-set called being romantic. Women can’t resist it and the movies of Hollywood have been telling us this for years. Some tips to help you get started:

1.) Do something completely unexpected. Women love to be surprised. The thing about surprises is that you’re doing something that you normally wouldn’t do.

It may mean getting out of your comfort zone some. If you are the stay-at-home type then try spending the evening (or weekend) on a well thought out romantic excursion. Planning in advance is important because without one, you will just fall back on old routines and habits.

Doing the same old stuff is not the definition of a surprise. There’s nothing more unromantic than asking her: “Well? what do you want to do now?”

If you’re the pragmatic, unromantic type, this will seem very difficult to do. However, you have a major advantage over the experienced Don Juan types: any romantic gesture coming from you will be huge to her because it’s the last thing that she expects from you. The element of surprise is in your favor.

2.) If she’s had a very stressful work week, then get up early on Saturday morning and prepare her favorite breakfast. Bring it to her bedside on a fancy tray for breakfast in bed. Depending on how stressed out she is, you may want to allow her some quiet time for reading a favorite magazine or book.

3.) A simple fireplace has great potential for a romantic evening especially in the winter. A cheery fire along with champagne, some wine, a comfy love seat, and dimmed lights will produce the ideal ambiance for romance. This works even better if you’re at a getaway such as a skiing lodge, a log cabin, or a high-class hotel.

4.) When it comes to romance, you don’t always have to hit a home run. Grand and noble gestures certainly work but can be hard to keep up every day. This is where frequent small gestures come into play.

Women value the small gestures and the big ones about the same. So keep up with the compliments, kisses, hugs, touching and acts of appreciation.

5.) Routines are essential for finishing off the every day chores effectively. But they are predictable and boring and this kills romance. Try shaking up the usual mechanical routines and bring her some roses or cook a candle light dinner. Anything that’s new or different creates arousal and excitement.

6.) Centuries ago, love letters and love poetry were an art form. They’re unfashionable now, but old fashioned and romance seem to equate. Get a book of love poetry, pick one poem and alter it so that she’ll think that you wrote it. Place it inside of a box of expensive chocolates and have it gift wrapped.

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“I can live for two months on a good compliment.”
- Mark Twain

Often in the natural world around us, things tend to go one way or the other, come together or spiral apart. There isn’t much of a middle ground.

Take global warming for example, just a few degrees increase in the earth’s average temperature and the global weather impacts are huge. We’re all familiar with the saying that when it rains it pours…

The same can be said about relationships. Imagine your partner makes a snide remark at your expense. Your response will be to act hurt and perhaps try to even the score with her.

This hurts you partner and so she gets angry and responds in kind. This destructive cycle then feeds off itself and your relationship spirals downhill very fast.

The opposite is also true. An unexpected gesture of affection or compliment from your partner will predispose you to respond in kind to her, and on it goes, a positive cycle that snowballs on itself… This “either - or” tendency of things can be used to your advantage. Do the things that get you on her good side, keep it up, and she will do things to stay on your good side.

So how do you get on her good side? First, it’s not heroic acts or big grand gestures. These aren’t very practical and can’t be done often enough. Instead it’s all the small stuff that’s done frequently everyday that works. It’s all the small actions that demonstrate affection, attentiveness, and appreciation.

This can sound exhausting to some people, but the good news is that you won’t have to undergo a sudden radical change. Just start small and even this small change for the better will be immediately noticed.

A lot of men will feel uplifted when they know that they’ve made their partner happy in some way. This feeling is a kind of bonus in addition to the good will that she will start sending your way. So how do you go about showing all this attention, affection, and appreciation?

First, you will have to be alert to your partners bid to get your attention. It could be something as small as a touch on your arm or a comment while you’re watching the game on TV. The worst thing to do is to not respond at all or pretend that you’re following along.

If you are even moderately sensitive then you know what it’s like when someone doesn’t bother responding when you’ve got something to say. You must either give her your undivided attention, or tell her that whatever it is that your doing can’t wait and that you’ll get back with her when you’re finished.

You will also need to understand that men and women tend to communicate differently. When men talk among themselves, their communication tends to be more brief than that of women. Why is this? Because men use words to communicate information. You can’t go wrong if your style is getting to the point when you’re talking to another man.

Women like to use words to communicate their subjective state such as emotions and feelings. Their conversation therefore, is lengthy and full of descriptive detail. Try following along and imagining yourself feeling or sensing what she is communicating. At some point you’ll be able to really describe how your day went the next time that she asks you. Remember that she can’t be treated like another guy because she’s a woman.

When it comes to affection and appreciation, lots of small gestures will always win out over the occasional home run hit. Another thing to bear in mind is that exactly what it is that you say or do is less important than how you do it.

It’s the feelings that you project rather than the actual content that matters. When you compliment her or go out of your way to notice her new dress, say it with an affectionate tone of voice.

Video: What Makes Men Happy is Not the Same for Women

One of the most common complaints that women have about their partner is that after a while the guy just stops doing all the nice things that he used to do when they first dated. It seems that when the guy knows that he has her, he’ll take her for granted.

Although some men will take their significant others for granted, often the problem has more to do with differences in how men and women value things. Men tend to value things in a very proportionate manner. Big things are valued a lot. Little things are valued a little.

Since small things have such little value, a lot of men couldn’t be bothered with them. That’s why a man’s apartment tends to be austere compared to a woman’s. His apartment decor will reflect the few big things that really matter to him and nothing else.

His long term approach to a relationship is similar to his approach to decor. The big, grand gestures are what matter. The little things are just that, they’re little and therefore aren’t bothered with.

So when a guy first dates a woman, he knows that there are certain little rituals that he must observe in order to get her interest. After the relationship is more established, he reverts to his usual value system and stops doing the small things for his partner because small things are meaningless trifles to him.

Women tend to place equal value on everything, big and small. So when her partner stops doing all of the pleasant dating rituals, she begins to feel unappreciated.

What is important then, is to understand this difference in values between men and women and to make an effort at expressing your affection in lots of small ways. You will need to do this frequently. If you keep up with the small gestures, you won’t have to make as many big ones.

Remember that although your gestures will be small, your objective, which is a strong relationship, is very big.

These value differences are explained well in this video:

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When you’ve just broken up with your ex, your system is under a lot of emotional stress. Nature has wired our brains so that extreme stress makes us act first and think later. Unfortunately, this doesn’t work so well if you’re trying to get your ex back.

Unless you’re an expert on dealing with break ups, your impulses will take you down the wrong path. Heated emotions will cause bad judgement which leads to poor decisions. Simply being aware of the usual mistakes that people make and staying calm will start things off right.

1.) Never speak badly about your ex. Less than nice things about her can get blurted out when you’re stressed. It may make you feel better because you’re venting off some steam.

Depending on who and how many people overhear, that little slip of the tongue will get back to your ex. Getting her back will be hard enough. Don’t make it even harder.

2.) Try to avoid arguing about the break up. Doing this works against you in a number of ways. First, both of you need to cool off some and incessant arguing just fans the flames.

Also, arguing against the breakup can flip you into anger mode or pleading mode. Using anger against her won’t intimidate her, it’ll make things worse. Pleading will make her wonder why you are so desperate.

Desperation equates to lacking confidence, being dependent, and being easy to get. These aren’t the qualities of the ideal male.

3.) Don’t ever allow yourself to slip into a panic mode where you allow your impulses to take over. While you’re in this state, your actions are mindless reactions that are driven by your fears, your anger, and maybe some adrenaline. The thinking part of your brain is largely being bypassed.

A panicked deer on a highway will often bolt straight into a car. The same panic mechanism will also happen in most people. You must not do anything at all until you’ve calmed down and are thinking clearly.

4.) Don’t apologize excessively. Owning up to your mistakes in a mature fashion is good. But don’t get carried away by assuming all of the blame for everything that went wrong.

Unless you really are to blame for all that went wrong, doing this will diminish your worth to her.

5.) You may be feeling down and out after your break up, but don’t let yourself look the part. The image that you project to your ex will decide how feasible or impossible it will be to win her over. So remain well groomed and dressed, and keep those extra pounds off your waist.

6.) Don’t do any pleading or begging. This will only diminish your worth to her because it puts you in a position of weakness. There’s nothing attractive about looking desperate and pathetic.

Remember that confidence, strength, and maturity are male attributes that women like. Pleading is often portrayed in the movies as a grand romantic gesture. But in real life, you will only win her contempt.

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1.) Try not to let your emotions and impulses pull you along when dealing with your ex. Ideally you want some sort of a well thought out plan to follow. At the very least, allow yourself to calm down and carefully take things one step at a time.

This piece of advice is easier said than done but ignoring it can really set your efforts back. The problem with your impulses is that they’re primed by deep seated fears as well as your current emotional state. These fears and emotions are often negative which can lead to actions that produce self defeating results.

2.) Giving your ex lots of attention right after a break up may make sense when you’re panic stricken. But that’s only because a panic state fills you with an incredible sense of urgency to fix the problem right now at any cost. From her point of view, you will come across as desperate and even a little crazy.

So it’s best to lay off all of the phone calls and text messaging. And to allow the situation as well as yourself, a little time to cool down.

3.) Using threats is a strategy that’s not likely to work anytime soon. Most people respond by getting angry and giving you their piece of mind. Winning someone’s love is all about attraction while threats are a form of coercion.

4.) There’s a fine line between determined effort and stalking. If your pursuit goes beyond what’s considered to be normal behavior, you’re stalking. This will only scare her off and possibly land you in jail.

5.) It’s late at night and you’re feeling an intense need to call her. You’re feeling very lonely and maybe have some alcohol in you. Try your best not to call her up.

There’s at least two reasons for not calling her. One is that it’s an impulse call made when you’re feeling emotionally weak. Who knows what you’ll end up saying.

The other reason is that you’ll seem desperate and needy. Unless she’s turned on by those qualities, it’s a bad idea.

6.) Don’t get resentful and angry with your ex’s friends and relatives. It is only natural that they’ll side with your ex and gossip about you. Keeping the peace with them will make efforts at getting her back easier.

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Before a disaster strikes, a storm hits, or something that’s just plain bad happens, there are almost always warning signs. How often do you hear people say: “if only we had heeded the warning signs”. This is true of political events, storms, bridge collapses, and of relationship break ups.

A word of warning. If you are prone to paranoia, don’t read this article. You must bear in mind that the points made here address changes in behavior that were not normal for your partner in the past. Also, the more points that apply to your relationship the more likely it’s in trouble.

1.) Are you fighting over the smallest of things? An occasional argument is normal. But habitual fighting is a bad sign.

Blowing up over small, silly little things all the time means there is a more serious problem that you as a couple don’t want to face. Is fear of a break up keeping you together? Or is it something else that should be addressed immediately?

2.) Does it seem as if your partner is avoiding you? This type of behavior takes on many forms but ultimately it means that she’s never around and can’t be reached. An unreachable partner is good reason for concern.

The most common examples of avoidance occurs through the medium of phones and cell phones. Do you find that she never picks up when you call or that she never responds to your voice mail? Do you find that you are seeing less of her because she’s “never around”?

3.) Have you been demoted to “chopped liver” status? This means that everyone and everything else is more important than you. For example, her calendar is always too full to accommodate you.

This is a very painful and demeaning situation to be trapped in. She has all but literally kicked you out of her life. Even if you haven’t broken up yet, you might as well be.

4.) Has she lost all interest in the things that you used to enjoy together? Perhaps she would rather do them by herself or with someone else? This is a major indication of discontent and should be dealt with immediately.

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The things that can go wrong in a relationship seem to be endless. Given the differences between the sexes, friction is inevitable. Sometimes the conflicts are so frequent and violent that a permanent breakup is the best thing to do.

Often however, couples break up for silly little reasons that blow up over time. You can avoid this by recognizing and dealing with the following most common reasons for a breakup.

All of these reasons stem from self centeredness and can be avoided by remembering that you are part of a couple. Your concerns must include those of your partner as well as your own.

1.) Not caring about or expressing care for the feelings of your partner. When you are troubled by something or if something fantastic has happened, you’d naturally want to share this with your partner. Imagine him or her not listening or bothering to respond. How would this make you feel?

Remember, you’re part of a couple now, the concerns of the other are your concerns as well. The key here is listening and thoughtfully responding.

2.) Being a control freak. Relationships aren’t perfect democracies. It’s only natural that there will be a dominant person in the couple. This is largely determined by the personality types involved. When the dominant member over does it, the relationship stands on rocky ground. No one wants to be treated as a slave or a robot.

There are many reasons for controlling behavior, most of which are pathological. If you find yourself doing this, stop it right now. Understand that your partner is a person with needs that you should be concerned about.

3.) Cheating on your partner. This is a very serious offense that in many circumstances is unforgivable. In addition to the emotional trauma that you’ll be causing, you’re also exposing your partner to disease.

If you find that you can’t control this very base instinct, you don’t belong in any relationship. You should resign yourself to remaining a solitary individual for the rest of your life.

4.) Lack of fun and spontaneity. This is often the fate of many relationships. After you’ve spent a lot of time with another person, they become so familiar that boredom slowly creeps in. Everything requires maintenance over time and your relationship is no exception. If you want your love to remain strong you’ll have to put some energy and imagination into keeping it enjoyable.

5.) Allowing arguments and fights to escalate out of control. A little self restraint now and then is never a bad thing. Diplomacy can be useful as well. A small unresolvable issue can really blow up over time.

It’s best to understand why the same argument keeps surfacing and to do something about it. Arguments in general are normal but be careful not to allow them to become a habit. They can get worse in severity if both partners get reactive or ‘touchy’. If the fight is over a small matter then just give in. There’s no shame in agreeing to take the trash out.

If you are thinking about getting on your knees and expressing your undying love and need for her - Don’t do it. Leave this strategy to the actors in bad movies. Women are attracted to a number of qualities in men. Weakness and neediness is not one of them.

In our culture, men are supposed to be powerful and self-assured. They’re the doers, and are expected to go out into the world and to make it their own. Women expect and are attracted by this. However, a great deal has been harped over sensitivity in men.

Sensitivity will make a man more attractive but only when he has strength and self-assurance. Even so, clingy behavior, crying, and neediness will make you seem wimpy. These expressions of despair and panic should not be confused with sensitivity. It will destroy your worth to her as a man.

Begin a self improvement program. This entails improvement on both the inside and the outside. It’s time to whiten up your teeth, lose a little weight, and fix up whatever is needed to become more appealing. This is also the time to acknowledge and correct personal faults that contributed to the breakup.

Part of this self improvement phase is maintaining an active life with your friends and interests. This will diminish any feelings of depression and give you the confidence that life is possible without your ex. Your ex will sense this relaxed confidence in you and will also notice your other improvements.

By being nice to her without letting her know that you want her back, a few things will happen. First, these improvements will arouse her curiosity. She will start seeing you in a new light. Because you appear to be doing well without her, she will know that you aren’t a “sure thing” anymore.

It’s human nature to desire that which is no longer ours. Now that you are all “new and shiny” and that you aren’t necessarily hers anymore, your ex girlfriend will want you back.

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