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jTrue426
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Struggling not to contact on the holiday
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I've had no contact for about a week. Would a simple Happy Thanksgiving text be inappropriate?
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Re: Struggling not to contact on the holiday
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It's not that it's inappropriate, but maintaining NC is the best way to start healing.
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Re: Struggling not to contact on the holiday
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Take it this way , you give her more power to reject you .
Are you sure you need that in your life now ?
I will stick with NC and let her wonder and perhaps she will , but don't count on it much , happy thanks giving to you !
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When you communicate in any way during NC, you are hitting the reset button.
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Quote from: Joem678 on November 26, 2015, 02:18:10 PM
When you communicate in any way during NC, you are hitting the reset button.
Great way to put it!
And in my experience it gets tougher after each reset.
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jTrue426
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I buckled. The holiday was too much (or it was just me). I texted my ex - SO. No response from her of course.
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Quote from: jTrue426 on November 28, 2015, 07:45:01 AM
I buckled. The holiday was too much (or it was just me). I texted my ex - SO. No response from her of course.
I wanted to do the same. However, I couldn't bare not getting a response. As I know I wouldn't so I didn't contact him. How do you feel that you did not get a response back?
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Quote from: butterfly15 on November 28, 2015, 09:32:35 AM
Quote from: jTrue426 on November 28, 2015, 07:45:01 AM
I buckled. The holiday was too much (or it was just me). I texted my ex - SO. No response from her of course.
I wanted to do the same. However, I couldn't bare not getting a response. As I know I wouldn't so I didn't contact him. How do you feel that you did not get a response back?
I guess I feel exactly how I thought I would: The same but a little worse, due to one more non-response.
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Quote from: butterfly15 on November 28, 2015, 09:32:35 AM
I wanted to do the same. However, I couldn't bare not getting a response. As I know I wouldn't so I didn't contact him.
I wanted to as well, but she asked me to not text/call anymore and I have to respect her request. Wouldn't matter either way, she wouldn't respond anyhow ... .I have been deleted.
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Quote from: jTrue426 on November 28, 2015, 09:37:11 AM
Quote from: butterfly15 on November 28, 2015, 09:32:35 AM
Quote from: jTrue426 on November 28, 2015, 07:45:01 AM
I buckled. The holiday was too much (or it was just me). I texted my ex - SO. No response from her of course.
I wanted to do the same. However, I couldn't bare not getting a response. As I know I wouldn't so I didn't contact him. How do you feel that you did not get a response back?
I guess I feel exactly how I thought I would: The same but a little worse, due to one more non-response.
I feel the struggle I face daily with my choice to not have contact is real. However, I know that he is doing whatever. I don't know if pwBPD forget about us or not but I know him enough to know that he would have ignored me. It would have hurt. It hurt not to contact him too.
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