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January 11, 2011 at 8:43 am #3850
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InactiveHello all. I’ve been in a relationship with a man for a year. In the beginning of the relationship, there were lots of messaging exchanged between the two of us. Our main mode of communication is via SMS and we only meet once a week. However, towards the 2nd half of the relationship, messaging become less frequent. I suddenly felt as if I am the one trying to initiate contact everyday, even after a day of hard work. I felt even more bitter when he was telling me happily that his fellow female colleague whom he is in very good terms with, exchanged messages on their way home, telling each other funny stuff that happened on the way. I had voiced out my concern one day, telling him that I felt that there was less communication between us nowadays, and that i would like to communicate with him more often, just like we’ve done before. He said he would try, it became slightly better for a week, but then returned to its original bad state. It could be a week of silence before we finally meet up again.
I feel sad and scared. Friends have warned me to be careful, especially when we meet once a week only and don’t talk at all on other days. He might stray…Can someone help me please?
Thank you so much.
January 11, 2011 at 5:23 pm #17882Anonymous
Member #382,293If you are only meeting once a week after a year of dating, then you are dating and NOT in an exclusive relationship. If you were exclusive, your guy would be looking to spend MORE time with you and initiate MORE communication with you. Therefore, you can take your cue from his level of personal contact and know that you are dating him and should look to date other men as well. If including this man in your decision to “play the field” doesn’t feel right after a year of dating, then stop seeing him and focus your attention on your life and other people. He does not seem interested in taking this dating situation to the next level, so either accept that and date other people besides him or move on completely and leave him to SMS with his female coworker. January 11, 2011 at 8:10 pm #17219Anonymous
Member #382,293Hi,
I am sorry this is happening to you. I can totally understand how he is making you feel. I hate to break it to you hun but he does not seem to be that interested in anything serious. Are you two intimate with each other? If you are then he only seems to be interested in hooking up once a week for sex. You can try what I like to call the “pull-back method” and see how he responses to that. The method is basically allowing him to chase you a bit. Let him miss you. Do not always be so available to him. When he calls or text you take your time to respond back and be very short. Play like you are busy on the day he wants to see you. I want you to understand that this may grab his attention to communicate with you more, but he is clearly not interested in a committed relationship. So if you are wanting something more serious with this guy you are wasting your time.January 18, 2011 at 3:44 pm #18148
April Masini, your AskAprilKeymaster[b]Buttercup[/b] and[b]Glamgirl27[/b] gave you very good advice — even if it’s disappointing news.If a man wants to be in a relationship with you, he’ll act like it. When you become the one chasing him, the game is a losing one. Get and read Think & Date Like A Man,
, and you’ll find there is a LOT of help for you in it.[url]https://www.askapril.com/relationship-dating-advice/think-and-date-like-a-man.html [/url] For now, you need to look elsewhere for Mr. Right. This man is making it crystal clear that he’s not that interested in you any more. If after a year, you’re moving backwards instead of forward, read the writing on the wall. Next!
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