Thursday, July 30, 2009

Get Back Together After A Break-Up 3 Positive Steps

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If you have broken up and want to get your ex back please know that it is possible to do so.
It may not be easy and you have to really want to restore the relationship, but with work it can be done.
Before you begin trying to get an ex back there are several things you need to consider. Was the relationship good for the most part, or were there constant fights and threats of a breakup before it actually happened? Did either of you break the other’s trust?

Is this the person who can imagine being with in twenty or so years? Thinking on these questions will help you decide if getting back together after a breakup with this person is what you really want.

You may think you can get your ex back by making frequent attempts to contact him or her. You may think that begging and pleading or playing the helpless victim will get them back.
IF you are like most who want to get an ex back you have already tried at least one of these. It’s pretty apparent your efforts weren’t successful or you wouldn’t be reading this article. Staying at home and crying or moping around will not get your ex back either. If you are serious about getting your back after a breakup there’s a better way to go.
If you have decided you do want to make the effort to restore the relationship here are three things you need to do:

1. Accept that the breakup did occur. It may still be hard for you to accept that the breakup happened. Before you can start to get back together you have to acknowledge that the old relationship is over and start anew rather than trying to rekindle the old one. Things will not be the same again, but that’s not really what you want. You want a new, better relationship with your ex.


2. Starting a new relationship does not begin with you calling your ex. Give yourself and your ex time to cool down and get your emotions under control. You need time to figure out what went wrong to cause the breakup. When you know what the problem was then you can start figuring out ways to make sure the same problem doesn’t arise when you are back together. Do not call your ex until you have a clear idea of how things can be better.

3. Getting back with your ex is a matter of timing. When you are feeling like you are prepared to get back together, it is time to plan the where and how. At this point you will have a better idea about whether or not you are still in love with your ex. At this point the relationship is over so it doesn’t matter who is at fault. Rather, focus on getting back together with positives from the old relationship in mind.

Start with casual conversation and form a good friendship; then let things develop from there. If you remain positive and take things very slow with your ex then getting back together with your ex may be easier than you ever imagined. All that’s required is that you really want to get back together and you are willing to begin by following these simple steps. For more This might be helpful

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Make Your Ex Return Your Call- The Secret

If you have an ex you would like to get back, you know your chances of doing so are pretty slim if they won’t return your phone calls. How to get an ex to return calls is one of the questions asked over and over by those who want to put a relationship back together.
Good news! There is a secret to make your ex return your call.
You may have wished there were ‘magic words’ to get your ex to return your calls. Well there are words that will almost seem like cast a spell and make your ex feel almost compelled to call you.

BUT...

WARNING!

In the Magic Of Making Up, a complete strategy is laid out.

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If you use this technique alone, without an overall plan or strategy, you may do more to push your ex away than get them back.
Let’s look at what message almost never works and puts you in an awful psychological position.

These usually fall into 2 categories: the plead and the emergency.
1- The plead message goes something like this: “Bill, please, please call me. I must to talk to you. Please return this call.”

2- The emergency is trying to make it seem as if there is something that only your ex can handle. The emergency message goes something like this: Susie, this is an emergency. Please call me the second you get this.

Your begging and crying “wolf” won’t get an ex to return your calls. But you can use two of the most powerful forces of human nature-curiosity and self-interest to your advantage.
And here's the BIG SECRET! Each is powerful on its own but when you combine them they will work MAGIC!
Using curiosity and self- interest this is what you can say that will work almost EVERY TIME:
Using the most pleasant tone:
“Hi, Bill. It’s Susie. Just want to let you know how much I appreciate what you did for me. Call me because I want to thank you in person.”

Do you see how Susie’s call uses BOTH curiosity and self interest?

Bill will NOT be able to resist returning her call! "What did I do?" "What does she appreciate?" he will be thinking. And he feels good because it is a positive message.

Now...Before you call you need to do the "Set Up"...which is figuring out what he/she did that you appreciate. It can be any small thing...but needs to be something that would be plausible for that person.

But more importantly...

2nd WARNING!

Please have an underlying strategy like is laid out in the Magic Of Making Up System BEFORE you make the call.

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If you apply this technique with no underlying strategy and they call you back, you can do more
DAMAGE than good, if you do not handle it correctly.



What you do before, during and after you get them to return your call is MORE important than getting
them to return your call.

To get an ex to return your calls you need to have a plan and work the plan.
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Save your Marriage By Creating Intimacy

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All marriages go through times when it seems that the rough waters are more frequent than the smooth ones. It is during the rough waters that people often think divorce is the only solution.

If this isn’t what you want then I offer hope for you. First, you have to believe wholeheartedly that you can save your marriage. If you don’t have this firm belief then there is little you can do to save it.


Often the missing ingredient for a marriage in trouble is the lack of intimacy. To have a happy marriage a couple must have a level of intimacy that goes beyond the physical to totally embrace the emotional. In thinking about intimacy at the level that embraces the emotional side ask yourself these questions:
Am I open and transparent with my spouse?
Do I share and include my emotions and emotional needs with my spouse? Or, do I keep these to myself?

Do I encourage my spouse to share emotions and emotional needs? Or, do I prefer not to be involved with my spouse in that way. If this is the case, you may be reluctant to let your spouse express emotions because you aren’t always able to “fix” whatever the concern is. Don’t beat up on yourself at this point.
If you want to save your marriage and lack of intimacy is contributing to the problems there are some things you can do that will help you be successful.

1-Be sure that you make every attempt to share everything with your spouse. I know that spouses often try to protect each other from problems and worries. This often leads to more worry on the spouse’s part because they wonder what is going on. Too often when people are worried and preoccupied with a situation they keep it from the spouse and try to deal with it on their own. This is a big mistake because it excludes your spouse when you should be including them.

Spouses can very easily detect when something is wrong and if they are not told what is going on they quickly begin trying to figure out what it is. Often, the conclusion reached is the wrong one. You know it’s often easy to add two and two and come up with five. A lot of hurt can be avoided and a lot of intimacy developed by being open and transparent.
2-in this day and age when everyone has a turkey platter full of responsibilities it is imperative to make time for your spouse. Not spending enough time with your spouse is almost a guaranteed way to send a marriage into trouble. Focusing all your time on children and careers will pay off with a dead marriage.

If you want to save your marriage, be very proactive about making time for your spouse. Surprise your spouse by planning an impromptu lunch followed by an afternoon spent together. Changing your schedule to spend time with your spouse will help them realize you do value them and you will begin to see an improvement in your marriage.
Creating this new level of intimacy in your marriage may not be easy for you and your spouse in the beginning. But if you want to save your marriage the effort you have to make will be well worth it. When this crisis is over, be sure that you never let the relationship deteriorate to a low point again. For more…

Troubled Relationship-Understanding It Can Save It

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Relationships and trouble almost seem to go together. It appears that just when two people start to really get to know each other things often get confusing.

You may have been together for a while, yet something is eating away at you. If you are wondering if this relationship is really one you want to continue or if it has run its course and you are afraid of what the next step would be.
You may need to do a little evaluating of the situation and try to figure out why this relationship seems to be creating such confusion for you.

Are you really happy in the relationship or are you just pretending to be? If you are just pretending to be happy you may be feeling guilt over the fact that you are hiding your true feelings about the troubled relationship. If you no longer feel that the relationship is based on great love, but you are for whatever reason trying to hold on to it, then a troubled relationship can become a truly damaged one.


As you think about your troubled relationship, it is very important that you decide what you do and don’t want in a relationship. For example, you may want to have a relationship that is very romantic and nurturing. What you probably don’t want is one that includes physical or emotional abuse, being cheated on, ignored, or taken for granted.

After you make a list of what you want, you then need to decide which of these things are of primary importance to you. Once you have gone through this process you need to look closely at your partner and try to determine if they are capable of going in the direction you want to go in.


They need to be able to contribute to the repair of the relationship.
If things are truly bad, then you need to really think things through carefully. In order to see things more clearly you may need to have a temporary separation so that you and your partner can evaluate the situation without the distraction of the other.


Without living together and dealing with all of the stresses of being together, each of you will have a clearer head which will enable you to make a true evaluation of the situation.
During this time you may realize that this relationship is in such trouble that you two cannot be together and it’s time to call it quits.


All relationships are not meant to last and this should not be discouraging to you. Don’t despair; there will be someone for you. If you do find that you and your partner are capable of making things work to improve your relationship that is great. Be sure that you each are committed to being open and communicative with each other. Without honest communication saving the troubled relationship will be very difficult if not impossible.

A relationship that is going through a troubled time isn’t necessarily one that is about to end. It does mean, though, that you and your partner must realize what is happening and deal with it honestly and openly.


As I’ve said, all relationships aren’t meant to last, but you do need to take steps that will make a troubled one work or bring it to an end. Either way, you will both be happier knowing you did all you could to make the right decision. For more help with Relationships Problems

Thursday, July 23, 2009

How To Deal With A Breakup – Break Up Pain

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I wish I could tell you that the pain you are suffering due to a breakup is going to go away quickly. Our emotions don’t work that way. Often people who feel that they can get over the heartbreak caused by a break up in a short time realize many months later that the pain is still there. Any loss we experience brings with it some degree of pain and I think that of a broken love relationship is one of the worst.
You can survive the break up and you can help ease your pain. It is important that you look past the pain
You are probably experiencing many negative feelings at this time. Some of these may be:
Fear- you may simply be afraid of what the future holds for you. If you thought the one you just broke up with was your true soul mate you may fear that you will never meet another you will connect with as you did that person.

Loneliness-If you don’t have a network of family and friends you may feel very alone.
Hopeless- Dealing with the pain and misery of a break up may seem impossible; you may feel as if the future holds nothing for you.
There is no denying the fact that a relationship break causes a lot of pain and misery and I am in no way minimizing what you are going through. But the good news is that almost everyone goes through at least one break up and lives to tell about it.

One reason the pain from a break up is so excruciating is because you think you are the only one in this boat and you don’t want to be paddling along all on your own. It seems as if everywhere you are you are surrounded by people who are happy in intimate relationships. This may be, but you too can be in one of those relationships gain.

Dwelling on the painful break up from your ex will not help. You have probably relived the break up scene so many times that it seems to be all you can think of. You cannot get over the pain until you make the conscious decision to leave the break up in the past and move on. This is the only way you will ever find someone new and possibly the one who is better for you than you ever dreamed possible.
To start the healing process, reach out to other people and focus on the good parts of your life.
If you don’t have friends you can call on at this time, then start going places where you can meet people. I know of a guy who met what he thought was the love of his life when he first moved to a new town. He spent all his free time with her so when the break up came he had no one to turn to. He immediately started volunteering in a homeless shelter and found great friends among the other volunteers.

If you do have friends they have already realized that you are having a rough time and more than likely they are waiting for you to let them help you. Whatever you do, don’t blow them off or appear not to accept what they may tell you about their experiences in dealing with a break up. They are not trying to say that your pain is not real, they are trying to encourage you. Let them help you as you heal.
Break up pain is hard. There are ways to deal with the pain in healthy ways that will make you ready for a fresh relationship with the right person comes along. For more on How to survive a break up

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Books On Relationships May Make A Fool Of You

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You may be looking for help in dealing with a relationship that has ended with your ex breaking up with you. If you look on line or in the local bookstore you will find a number of relationship advice books. The problem comes when you are trying to choose the best ones. This article will tell you how to select the best books on relationships. Read on; the answer that may surprise you.

1. Don’t be fooled by a long string of letters after the author’s name. Many people find school to be an acceptable escape from real life. Instead of interacting with others they spend their lives in an ivory tower-the classroom and library. By the age of 35 they have several earned degrees and think they have expertise is an area in which they really may have only “book” knowledge in. Their expertise does not always work in the real world.

Instead of being concerned with academic credentials look for books by authors who have been in the trenches. They are the ones who have had personal experiences with bad relationships and have put them back together themselves or have helped countless buddies do so. These aren’t the therapists who have patients come in for fifty minute sessions; these are people helping those they really care about put relationships back together. They put that experience to goo use in relationship help books.

2. Choose books that don’t boil the process to “put the relationship aside for 30 days and work on improving yourself during that time.” That is about all that most “get your ex back” and “save your relationship” books say. That tit bit is turned into a 50 or so page e-book. Such material is fluff and not worth your time or money. Look for practical books for relationships giving you something you can use.

3. Look for a book that will give you real information; information that your family and friends can’t give you. The best relationship books will tell you what women want most, and will give you a step by step guide on how to give it to her. It will show you how to recover from a breakup and give specific techniques to get over the pain.

4. Look at who is recommending the book. The testimonials should be different in their tone; you should be able to believe that they were actually written by people from different backgrounds who have benefited from the techniques offered in the book.

Just as relationships require work to make them work, finding the right book may also require work. Since relationships are such an important part of our lives investing our time and money in the very best available books on the subject seems a good choice to make. Don’t spend your hard earned money on best seller books that may make a fool out of you. For more…

How To Get My Ex Girlfriend Back After She Dumped Me

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Every guy who has ever been dumped has spent untold hours trying to figure out how to get an ex back when she dumped him. Interestingly, the majority of breakups are instigated by girls. Guys generally are satisfied with their girlfriends and want them to stay together. This article will tell you how to get an ex back.
Sometime girls do guys a favor by dumping them. Very often, guys stay with a girl because he’s used to her. It’s easier to stay in an okay relationship than go out and look for a really great one.
You have to decide of the girl who dumped you was really your soul mate. If you decide she wasn’t then she did you a big favor when she dumped you.
If you decide that she really is the right one for you and you still want to get your ex back continue reading.
Next, you have to determine if she loves you. As you probably well know, girls can be fickle and impulsive. Often they have regrets about decisions they made because they were not well thought out. If you think she still loves you, you have a good chance at getting your ex back.
Trying to contact her numerous times a day will just push her further away. If she does love you, you will have a better chance of getting her back if she again sees you as a desirable guy to have for a boyfriend. If she thinks you have accepted the breakup and are moving on with your life, she may see you in a different light.
Also during this time think about you. Are you the same guy she fell in love with? Have you changed from the guy who was anxious to impress her to the one who feels very comfortable in the relationship and no longer does the romantic things? For example, have you maintained your appearance? Do you go to the gym as often as you used to. Towards the end of the relationship, were you still opening her car door, buying her flowers, or generally letting her know how special she is to you. Not only are these important in a relationship they can help you when you are trying to figure out how to get your ex back.
When you see your ex-girlfriend, in a very subtle manner remind her of your common bonds. Bring up positive things in your past. Don’t browbeat her with memories, just try to make her nostalgic about your shared past.
Invite her to group events, such as picnics, ball games or a trip to the beach. When she comes pay some attention to her but spend time with others also. Seeing you interacting with others in social situation will remind her that you are an attractive catch. At that point you have begun to win the battle of how to get your ex back.
These tips will help you know how to get your ex back, if she’s willing to try again. If she’s not, then what you have learned will help you in your next relationship. For more on Getting over being dumped