How can you help your ex to get over you?

Philippines
February 22, 2012 10:10pm CST
I have had two girlfriends my entire life. First one actually doesn't really count as it only lasted a month, but my second one lasted for 5 months, and then 2 months, and then 6 months, and then 3 months. Quite frankly, we have been on and off for so long I couldn't remember accurately how long we lasted each time we were on. However, and I'm saying this with a finality, I have decided to end it completely. If anything, our ons and offs are clear indications that our relationship will not work. The only task I have left is to help her get over me? Or is it something I can help her with? I think she's gotten so used to our setup that at some point she might be expecting that I would return. Personally, I want her to move on and get over me, or at least be open enough to allow other people to make her happy. I don't know exactly how to help her out. I still feel like she's waiting for me to come back, and that's holding herself back to be open. I've tried being silent and invisible. I tried being mean, I tried being kind, I tried being harsh, I tried being gentle, but all that still didn't work. She still manages to find a way to contact me. I mean that's alright but I feel like that isn't helping her at all to move on. We have had closure and I talked to her about it before we parted the last time, but having known her for a long time, she still isn't choosing to move on. She is someone special to me and so I don't want her to waste her time hoping that I would come back. Ignoring her seems mean, but allowing her to contact me might seem to her an encouragement. What course of action should I do?
4 responses
@cyclopz (251)
• Sydney, Australia
23 Feb 12
Well I could that each person has his or her own unique personality, what may be applicable to one person may not be apllicable to another. It would actually depend on the kind of person she is, they way i understood by the way you described her is that she is one persistent person and i think you would have a hard time getting her to move on. In some similar cases like this, what other people do is that they would have a closure and make everything clear first before splitting up. Well i could say that it would also include talking about what really went wrong and why the relationship won't work out. Having a clear communcation does not mean that you would be adding insult to the injury but each one should see it as a way to improve each one's personality. In some situations some people were able to move on even when maintaining communication with their previous partner but only as a friend, but there are also cases that it won't work until you stop communicating with each other. For me there are two ways for a person to move on. One is a quick fix and another would take a long time to recover. The first way that could help a person move on is finding someone new and special in their life but this would require the person to open up him/herself to the people around, well that would include taking the possible risk to get hurt and finding the right peson for oneself. The second way would take a lot of time becase you would just be waiting for time to mend one's heart. It may take months or even years for one to recover depending on the kind of relationship you had and how long you have been together. I think it would be nice if you could make it clear with her about your thoughts on why it won't work in such a manner that you won't offend here and that you won't also hurt her self esteem. In a way, if you would like to maintain your relationship as close friends then you could try encourage her to explore ang mingle with other people. In anyway you're the only one who could decide on what is best thing to do because of all people you are the one who knows her well more than anyone. Good luck and happy mylotting.
• Philippines
23 Feb 12
I think that our last breakup was the most proper of all the breakups we have had. I told her the things I thought went wrong in our relationship, and as far as I can tell she understood what I meant. I think that over the course of our relationship I have gotten tired of the breakups we have been having and I could no longer take the stress of having to deal with all the quarrels we had. However, having known her all the time we were together and not together, I just know that she's having a tough time, and that's what I'm worried about. She doesn't want to make the choice of letting go. I don't know if I still need to talk to her one last time so we can give our relationship closure, because for me, I think that we both have already closed the relationship. It's just that I don't know how I can help her make the choice. I agree with some of the respondents, I have no way of helping her out. For her sake, I just hope that she finds out soon enough that it is time for her to move on.
@chiyosan (30186)
• Philippines
24 Feb 12
I think whatyou are doing is quite okay. just remain firm with that and make sure that you are going to stick with the decision. You owe it to her to have moved on because if you still care about the person, at least not romantically you would still want her to be happy, even not with you and the best is for you to make sure that she knows there isn't going to be you and her anymore. openly tell her if she insists that there is someone better for her.
@vt689586 (584)
• India
23 Feb 12
well this is very difficult situation in life when you can not decide what is wrong and what is right.but in this case i would suggest you that , you need to go through a period of time when you cut off as much communication with your ex as possible. It will be the last thing you want to do,but being with them WILL hurt, and will not help you get over them.If you do not have mutual friends, don't meet up with them. Either way, you can still do these things to limit the communication shared with your ex: Don't comment, message or email them. Don't initiate conversation on msn/aim. and you have to tell her that you are with other girl and there is no possibility that you could come in her's life again for any reason.
@Cranos (273)
• Belgium
23 Feb 12
Getting over someone is a process that takes time and no one can really help her with it. While friends and family can do a lot to soften the pain at times, in the end it has to come from within. Unless she accepts that it's truly over she won't be able to move on. The only thing you can do is try to make yourself as clear as possible and consequently avoid contact with her (at least for a while).