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195 thoughts on “Getting An Army, Military Or Navy Ex Boyfriend Back”

  1. Marla

    December 16, 2017 at 4:05 am

    My ex boyfriend is still deployed. He messaged me again this Monday. I have still been improving myself. I didn’t reply and I think it is better if I wait and not reply to him. What do you think it would be best? It’s been a month and a few days since I haven’t had any contact with him but he is the one that keeps messaging, please advice!

    Thank you 🙂

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      December 19, 2017 at 6:56 pm

      if it’s been 30 days, you can reply.. if you’re not ready, you can do it after 45 days.

  2. marla

    November 30, 2017 at 1:58 am

    Hi,
    Well, I have been improving myself, I have been doing the No Contact for 17 days now. I have been focusing on me and going to the gym everyday. I have been going out with my girls and trying to have fun. I have been focused on school and work. He has contacted me twice last week, but I didn’t reply to his messages at all. He should be coming back home sometime at the beginning of next year. I think that it will be best if I stick to the NC until he comes home. What is the best advice to go after this?

    Thank you

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      November 30, 2017 at 8:12 pm

      Finish at least 30 days before initiating contact and do social media posts that don’t disappear after 24 hours..

  3. Marla

    November 30, 2017 at 1:18 am

    Well, I have been improving myself, I have been doing the No Contact for 17 days now. I have been focusing on me and going to the gym everyday. I have been going out with my girls and trying to have fun. I have been focused on school and work. He has contacted me twice last week, but I didn’t reply to his messages at all. He should be coming back home sometime at the beginning of next year. I think that it will be best if I stick to the NC until he comes home. What is the best advice to go after this?

  4. Marla

    November 20, 2017 at 7:23 pm

    Hi,

    My boyfriend just broke up with me while on deployment, a week before that the told me that I would be able to see him come home. I have not talked to him ever since. I would always send care packages to get him through deployment. He told me that his mentors mentor told him that it was the best and he also got advise from other people as well. He has not taken my pictures or even taken me off any social media. I do have been improving myself and have been going out with my girls. Since he gave me a key to his place, I went and left the key and told the manager to lock the door.

    Any advice?
    Thank you.

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      November 22, 2017 at 2:57 am

      Hi Marla,

      How much are you improving yourself and how active are you in posting?

  5. Janice

    July 31, 2017 at 7:13 pm

    Me and my ex broke up last year after being engaged. we had times where we don’t speak for weeks at a time after misunderstandings.We do have kids together. and he set to deploy in a couple days for about 9 months.. Just last month we talked about what lead up to our breakup and things were cool between us. And, he informed me that my reactions or jumping to conclusions or assumptions was one of them. but, then He talked about plans for us when he gets back and about being together again. However a couple of weeks ago things got weird, he became standoffish and I got mad and he now doesn’t want to talk to me ever again. He said that he doesn’t hate me. He just choose not to speak to me. I was advised by a friend of mine that it could be that he is leaving and already have enough on his plate.. But, we found our way back to each other after years and it feels like this time is ours.

  6. Caroline

    June 29, 2017 at 3:08 am

    If my ex is deployed but has cell service where he currently is, do I follow the regular no contact rule or do as you suggested above? Thank you!

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      June 30, 2017 at 11:43 am

      You can try the regular one

  7. Amy

    June 21, 2017 at 6:04 am

    My ex(Air force) and I(Japanese) had been together 5months and after then he moved back to America. Once he backed to home we were very well like a month ago. He was like he will be back to Japan whenever he can or he wanted to visit him. We were kind of serious(get married, he wanted know how will do when we are apart) when we were together.
    But he completely changed after a month when he moved back to the US. didn’t text me(we did like only 6 msg for a day) or call me when I beg him… He said he is busy for work and study. I was planning to visit him this summer but he said if you want to or it’s too expensive flight for a week. Anyway we broke up like 3weeks ago. He said he doesn’t want to be in long distance relationship anymore. he still loves me but visit once or twice aren’t enough for him. And I told him I have a plan to move to America where he is or for my work. so we decided to be together end of this year. I thought we will be okay. I was thinking all this situation won’t better. he wouldn’t change and I am the one who gets hurts. So I told him let’s break up cuz I don’t want to hate him anymore, get hurts each other and same situation will keep going. And he agreed with me, timing was’t good for us and we will see each other when I move there or he might move back to Japan.
    I still love him but I don’t know what to do. I haven’t texted him yet but I always want to know how he is doing and miss him a lot.
    What should I do?

    1. Amy

      July 3, 2017 at 12:39 am

      Ok, It worked. After 14days NC he called me. He apologized that he was terrible to me and he said he love me and miss me more than hundred times, he wanted me to visit him next month. I think he was kind of drunk at that times.
      But now I feel like he doesn’ t care about me. If I don’t text him or say love then he doesn’t say or text me….
      Should I do NC again?
      He is the one who wants me back but what’s wrong with him?

    2. EBR Team Member: Amor

      July 5, 2017 at 1:21 pm

      just keep building rapport slowly while you still have your own life..if he wants you, tĥen let him prove it

    3. Amy

      June 26, 2017 at 2:08 pm

      Thanks EBR Team.
      I read that one too. But still I am not sure if it works for us. He is the one who doesn’t want to be in a LDR and he is happy with his life in the US. Only at the beginning, he didn’t like the Us when he just moved back from Japan.
      I changed the my profile photo on the Facebook and he liked it last week, but still hasn’t heard anything from him.
      Did he just say love me cuz he doesn’t wanna be a bad guy and is it only excuse that he doesn’t’ want to hurt me?
      Should I wait for a month and text him? What if he just forget me after a month?

    4. EBR Team Member: Amor

      June 29, 2017 at 1:18 pm

      Nopeee..it’s not just about waiting..you have to improve yourself and continue to do so while you slowly build rapport after nc

    5. EBR Team Member: Amor

      June 23, 2017 at 5:08 pm

      Hi Amy,

      do you want to try the advice above? Aside from that, check this one too:
      The Complete Guide To Getting An Ex Boyfriend Back In A Long Distance Relationship

  8. Rosely

    June 7, 2017 at 1:03 pm

    Hey Ex-boyfriend recovery team!
    So, my ex-fiance have been together for 3.5 years, engaged for 9 months. He broke up with my 2 month ago and I have done every sin known to man consistently for 1.5 months after the breakup and it just pushed him further away. I know, I know … I messed up bad (I can feel Chris’s disappointment haha). His reason for breaking up with me was because he wasn’t in love with me anymore, I haven’t been treating him well, I nag a lot, I was clingy and controlling. He says that he just doesn’t want me anymore and he does not want a relationship at all, he just wants to focus on work. We still live together which has been a challenge, however, he is in the Navy so he’s been gone a lot. On the bright side, I have been taking Chris’s advice pretty well! I started NC May 22nd a few days before he went on deployment. He went on deployment the 24th and is expected to be gone for a month which is perfect because that is exactly how long I was gonna do the NC since he can’t talk to me anyway. It’s been exactly 2 weeks as of today. I think his Submarine has docked somewhere and his captain gave him liberty (free time/days off) because for the 2.5 days he has been calling me nonstop. So far I have 11 missed calls from him. He even had our neighbor (his colleague) check up on me. Our neighbor said that my ex was worried and wanted to see if I was still alive and okay Lol. I acted really happy since obviously, he was gonna get back to my ex so I said that I was okay I have just been really busy. Even after that, my ex called my 2 more times so I guess he really wants to hear from me himself. I guess I have a few questions about this: I’m hoping this is a great sign, however, he did say that he does not love me anymore when we broke up. It looks like he still cares, but what he said is still nagging at me and I just want him to not just care about me as a friend but as his fiancé. How can I nudge him further to pursue me and get back together? Also, I don’t know how to move forward after NC when he comes back. Should I continue Limited NC until 45 days while still improving myself (because of all my after-breakup sins) or start building rapport the day he gets back, wow him with my looks, and use the “Caged Animal Effect” to my advantage? Also, since we live together, how would I go about building rapport because I am not sure if texting fits with our circumstances? I’m thinking of using the texting techniques but in-person when he’s home. What do you think? Thank you!!!!

    1. Rosely

      June 10, 2017 at 10:42 pm

      Hey Amor,

      Okay, I’ll extend NC to 45 days. I am not able to move out. And yes I was already thinking of using that podcast as well as the new blogpost Chris added on “Limited Contact”. I think they are great resources! I also have a few more questions. When he comes back how should I react if he confronts me about me ignoring him? And, during the time he’s back if he starts to ask me to go out with him and his friends or to go out to the mall, out to eat or to do fun activities, (bc he wants to stay “friends”) should I flat out say no and keep making him work for it or agree and just act casual, bubbly and nice? He’s done this twice already before when I first started NC and it seemed like it bothered him that I kept saying no, like he really wanted to spend time with me (I stood my ground). However, after NC idk if I should still play hard to get and continue to say no or slowly give in by saying yes only sometimes as we progress? Also, since we live together, after NC do you think I can use the texting techniques and implement the different effects in-person to build rapport?

    2. EBR Team Member: Amor

      June 14, 2017 at 9:30 am

      Dont ignore him literally..just be civil since you live together.. Tell him you cant because you have other plans.. And just to check, have you listened to the podcast, because some your questions are answered better in it.. 🙂

    3. EBR Team Member: Amor

      June 9, 2017 at 3:56 pm

      Hi Rosely,

      I think you should extend nc once he gets back? Are you going to move out? if not, check this one:
      EBR 027: What To Do If You Live With Your Ex Boyfriend

  9. Sarah

    May 29, 2017 at 5:55 am

    Hello,

    I quickly fell head over heels for my guy. We were together for 4.5 months when he found out he was an alternative in a deployment, he initially broke up with me then because of he didn’t know if he could do another deployment relationship (said his last two deployments his girlfriend at the time cheated on him) I tried everything to make him understand I’m not that girl. He left for a 3 week predeployment training and on week 2 he contacted me saying he made a huge mistake. When he came home from training he said the decision was mine to give him another chance and he realized how much he screwed up. We spent the next 3 weeks before he was deployed together, every day. He took me to meet his family, I dropped him off at the base. The night before he left, he told me how much in love with me he was and told me he’d be back for me. Fast forward 3 months into the deployment, on a Sunday he was asking me for pictures of me and the dog so he could put them in his room so he could see us whenever he wanted. That Wednesday I woke up with a text saying how much he loved me and couldn’t wait to get home to the dog and I. Friday everything went downhill. He became distant and I asked him about it. He initially basically ignored me for 2 days (would respond 12 hours later, refused to talk on the phone with me, and then the Monday after he text me saying he was so sorry, he’s so depressed and it is the worst deployment he’s ever been on and was sorry for taking it out on me. I thought things would be okay and it was just deployment stressing him out. The next day I sent him a care package to send him a little bit of home as a surprise. The next four days were weird, distant again. Friday night he said he would have rathered have been deployed to Afghanistan, and I told him I’d rather have him home. The next message I got from him was “We had a lot of fun, you’re a great girl but we are done”. I reached out a week later and he responded but again said he just didn’t want a relationship right now and “things will get better for both of us”.
    I know you can’t read his mind but, I can’t tell if this is deployment or he truly does not want me anymore. Is it worth me keeping all of his things and wait to give them back when he comes home in devenber and hope things go back to normal, or take them to his parents and explain to them how worried I am for him as this is so out of character.

    Sorry this is such a novel, just trying to explain the situation the best I can.

    1. Sarah

      May 31, 2017 at 5:13 am

      That’s true. I guess I don’t really know what to do in this situation honestly! I didn’t see it coming, and I don’t think he intended it to happen either. I don’t know where to go from here.

    2. EBR Team Member: Amor

      May 31, 2017 at 4:46 pm

      try the no contact rule, at least 21 days.

    3. EBR Team Member: Amor

      May 30, 2017 at 4:24 pm

      Hi Sarah,

      I dont think involving his parents now would be good.. he might be just adjusting now.. and if his parents stresses him and then he found out it’s because you informed them, wouldn’t that make him more distant with you?

  10. Julie

    February 5, 2017 at 5:01 am

    What if he broke up and he’s going to be leaving overseas shortly after the 30 days no contact is up. Do I end it sooner?
    Also
    If I’m afraid he ended the relationship because his fear of being overseas for six months – why can’t I reach out and ask to talk about that? Why is it like a game to win him back instead of a mature – hey we’ve been together for two years can we talk?
    (He broke up out of the blue and hasn’t reached out) it’s been 2 weeks

    1. Julie

      February 5, 2017 at 9:18 pm

      We talk on the phone every night. He called and it was kinda late and I was recovering from a sinus infection so we were just saying goodnight. He talked about how much he loved me and missed me and how happy I made him. So when he ended the conversation with ending the relationship – I was in shock. In the moment I was so confused that I wasn’t thinking clearly. Initially I asked him to talk in the morning when we aren’t upset and he declined and then I melted down and asked what I needed to do to get him to talk about this and he wouldn’t talk and just said no I’m done.
      Other than that meltdown in the moment I haven’t talked to him.

    2. EBR Team Member: Amor

      February 5, 2017 at 8:43 pm

      Hi Julie,

      it’s like a game because you’re not in a relationship anymore. You dont have commitments, no obligations with each other, no more responsibility on maintaining a relationship with that person. So, basically, it’s how you attract him again. Like before when you didn’t know each other and trying to get to know each otber..You have this mindset of “winning” the other person’s attention for a chance to build rapport…

      So, the fact that he broke up with you means he wants you to stop expecting what a person in a relationship should be getting..

      but what Im curious is, why didn’t you say that when he was breaking up with you or why didnt you ask him if it’s about him leaving overseas, right at that moment?

      if you did and he didn’t answer it, then it just goes back to him wanting you to stop expecting..which more likely means you wont get a serious conversation out of him which now leads to the “game” of winning his attention back.

  11. Ace

    February 1, 2017 at 11:35 pm

    Ace again, if I were to text him, what advice could you give me? Thanks!

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      February 2, 2017 at 6:35 pm

  12. Ace

    January 29, 2017 at 3:53 am

    I was the “jarhead.” I broke up with him during family day. I stressed out over his letters a lot(sometimes he would be tired I guess and just write things that made me nervous) and couldn’t take the thought of him possibly meeting someone else. So I broke up with him and he seemed very emotionless. He was numb and insisted he just wanted me to be happy. I didn’t talk to him until his Leave on Christmas. I texted him first and we talked about silly nerdy things like we were friends. Then we didn’t text until Christmas Eve Day. He texted me first and it was just a small conversation. New years. I asked him if he wanted his stuff back, he said it was a gift, so no, and we kept talking for a few days. Then about a week later he texted me asking for vudu codes and I told him I didn’t have any. He’s now back at base and I haven’t talked to him in a month. It’s killing me being without him. I’m scared to ask for him back as I have a huge fear of rejection. I’ve been on a date with another guy and even them I couldn’t stop thinking about him. Help?

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      January 29, 2017 at 12:12 pm

      Hi Ace,

      you said you haven’t talked in a month, that’s like being in the no contact rule but if you haven’t improved yourself, start a no contact period first and then slowly build rapport after

  13. Dior

    December 12, 2016 at 5:54 am

    I am 21 and he is 29 . We are engaged since Feb and he was the one who wanted to get married right away ,he visited me 3 months ago and 3 days ago he broke up with me . His reason was he got stressed on the paper works for the marriage, he wants me to grow more because he said it was unfair for me to marry too young and he said there’s too little time left for us because he will get deployed on January but he keeps on saying he loves me so much and he couldn’t let me go. We still have our communication and recently he just got promoted . I really don’t know what was on his mind .

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      December 14, 2016 at 4:28 pm

      Hi Dior,

      how long were you together? It looks like he realized he shouldn’t have rushed getting married

  14. cassy

    December 4, 2016 at 4:26 pm

    Hey EBR,
    so my boyfriend broke up with me a week before leaving for military school. that day was also our first anniversary. he loved me like crazy. in fact, he approached me and kept in putting in a lot of effort but recently got a bit easily ticked off. we would have fights like once every two weeks but not on serious issues. they were petty issues that got resolved but he would take the fights to heart and would make mountains out of them. now he came to meet me for the last time and broke up with me saying he didnt love me the same way and gets attracted to other girls and doesnt always want to talk to me and he thought that if he went to military school he would completely fall out of love and which is why he wanted to breakup. but all the while he was sobbing. when i asked why he was crying he said because it was hurting him to hurt me. but then again he said he felt nothing towards me.
    He called me on the day he was leaving for military school, and i could tell his voice was breaking he said he missed me but it just wasnt working out for the two of us. it has been three weeks sincee he’s left. not contact whatsoever and a month since the breakup. he will be back after two months but i am not sure if we can run into each other since it is a huge locality. what should i do. should i move on or wait? if he didnt love me why was he crying? does he really not love me? how do i get him back? PLEASE HELP ME. I AM DYING. i cant eat, sleep or think rationally.

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      December 5, 2016 at 11:34 am

      Hi Cassy,

      do you want to try the advice above?

  15. Levi

    December 2, 2016 at 2:44 am

    Our relationship was filled with nothing but happiness, growth, commitment, love, trust and everything that a relationship should have. I understand the sacrifices of a military relationship, we both knew it was going to be hard as hell. But we pushed through basic training and his schooling with such strength. So you could understand that just moments after we were laughing, holding hands, (while he was on leave) I would be entirely caught off guard when he breaks up with me. I had a hard time understanding that just a month ago we were talking about engagement but then apparently the past couple weeks, he had been having doubts. I had no idea at all and wish he had communicated this with me.

    His reasoning is that the stress of being in the military is a lot and “you just don’t understand, you have nothing really to worry about”. He has no effort left to give me, he feels guilty about being tired and not wanting to call me when he has down time but instead wants to spend it for himself and his friends. Being away in the military has led him to new people, new ideas and new perspective. He’s not sure that this (meaning me) is all he wants in life. So imagine how hard I’m taking all of this because I think he was going to propose soon. It is so difficult for me to understand, because I know he loves me, he sounded pretty certain of our future together. We never had issues with trust. We never thought we couldn’t do it. I don’t know where things went haywire.

    That conversation got heated and crazily emotional, being I was so caught off guard, I pleaded for him to not give us up and be willing to work it through, that didn’t help at all, in fact I made it a million times worse. We had been through too much than to let his doubts ruin everything we’ve built and had going for us. But he said that it’s unfair to me and he’s becoming unhappy. I had to let him go once he said he was unhappy … but now I’m distraught too. He left with a temper, and I left in tears. We had such an amazing relationship, and we don’t deserve to leave off on such bad terms. I don’t want him to ship out without us being civil, understanding each other’s needs for the time being, and with the love we had as best friends (now that we are no longer a couple). He needs time to find himself, grow and excel in his job. I will give him his time … but how do I make sure he will find his way back to me again? I want him to be happy, and I feel like once he figures out his life in the military, what he still deserves is the happiness we share together. I honestly think that we are good for each other, two people who were made for one another. The things we achieve and the characters we develop when we are together are extraordinary. Though I had a lot of flaws, I’m crazy insecure, and not busy enough. I will work on improving myself too as I hope he does.

    As much as I work on myself and accomplish whatever I do, he is still the future I want. I could perhaps eventually be happy without him, but I know I would be settling knowing I didn’t fight for us, even if I am letting him have his time now. I have loved this man for four years. We’ve had our distance and separation before when we were younger and immature, but my heart has always lead back to him even if I moved on. So it seems redundant submitting this comment if I have hope we’ll find our way to each other again anyways. But I’m just as scared, if not more, that he doesn’t see it the same way. My heart always leads back to him, but will his lead to me? Before he enlisted, he promised he would always come home to me. How do I stay confident that he will keep this promise? Thinking about NC is driving me crazy being that I want to at least keep our friendship, be a support, and be a part of his journey. My life has revolved around the military (not nearly as) but just like his was! Help!

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      December 2, 2016 at 6:36 pm

      Hi Levi,

      let go of that promise..it was already broken when he broke up with you.. It looks like he outgrew you and is in the grass is greener syndrome..check this:
      The Grass is Greener Syndrome For Ex Boyfriends

  16. Vanessa

    October 21, 2016 at 4:34 pm

    My ex broke up with me a few days ago. I haven’t talked to him since so I guess I can just start the NC rule from here. He was in the marines and broke up with me because he would be away for a long time in the military and couldn’t commit to the relationship. I initially had no contact with him because of his schooling for an entire month so I wonder if that played a role in our breakup as well. Do you think there is still hope for us to get back together?

    1. Vanessa

      October 23, 2016 at 11:18 pm

      I mean I think it is but I’m not completely sure. Like he said he just didn’t want a relationship and he didn’t want to string me along and have me wait for him to come back just so he could tell me he doesn’t want to date when he gets back. But I’m so confused because it came out of nowhere when I wasn’t in contact with him for a month. Do you think I should just move on?

    2. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 25, 2016 at 4:14 pm

      Hmm.. if he is consistent with his reason, just be friends for now, and then try again once he’s back from the marines

    3. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 23, 2016 at 10:29 am

      Hi Vanessa,

      if the marines is the only reason, then yes there can be chance when he’s there or when he comes back

  17. Maria

    October 6, 2016 at 9:10 am

    My ex and I broke up a little over a year ago, in September, because he didn’t want to put in a situation of having to worry all the time because he was leaving in November for basic training. He started talking to me again, as a friend, around March when he called me while I was at work. But during that time, he already had another girlfriend so the hope of him and I getting back together faded away. The next month, April, I found out he broke up with her because she cheated on him but it still didn’t feel like he was interested in getting back together. Around May, he started talking me to more and more and eventually it led to both of us admitting that we still want to be together. Recently, he asked me to be his girlfriend again. He was gonna give me time to fully think it through. But after he asked me to be his girlfriend, he hasn’t called me. Even till today, I still haven’t heard from him and he usually calls me when he’s off duty. I don’t know what I did or something made him change his mind.

    1. Maria

      October 10, 2016 at 6:52 am

      He actually called me last night because he had a feeling I wasn’t okay, and he was right. He called me this morning to follow up on how I was feeling.

    2. EBR Team Member: Amor

      October 8, 2016 at 7:01 pm

      Hi Maria,

      so how long has it been since he last talked to you?

  18. help

    September 29, 2016 at 12:47 am

    Will NC for 15 days work on an army ex who broke up with me not only because of the army, but also he gave me multiple chances to change myself and learn to trust & not control him, but i took those chances for granted. he tried to break up with me before many times but never actually did til now. help me!! hes leaving for army in November for few years without any contact at all only with family contact.
    he told me to work on myself and be a better person and maybe he will reconsider trying again with me IF he can feel that i have changed in 2-3 years…..what should i DO??

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      September 30, 2016 at 6:47 pm

      Hi Help,

      There’s no guarantee that no contact will work and honestly in your case, 15 days wont. Especially if you repeatedly tried to make him think you changed but you really didn’t or that you kept coming back to being a chaser. There’s not genuine change in just 15 days..

      There’s better chance if it is after he went home because that would mean 2-3 years right?

  19. Rachel

    September 2, 2016 at 11:05 pm

    Hi, my boyfriend and I broke up about a month ago when he came home for recruiters assistance and it was a disaster! We fought like crazy about really dumb things and he ultimately ended up breaking up with me. Which I can see why I was constantly mad at him and I was depressed so I took everything out on him and honestly I probably did seem unhappy but it wasn’t because of him. When he broke up with me his reasons were that he doesn’t think he’s good for me and that we fight to much. I was really surprised that he was ending things with me because we had been talking about getting engaged after he found out where his duty station is. I made the mistake of begging for him to let me try and fix things and I made it much worse! A few days after the breakup we had sex and I think that also made it worse.. For the first few weeks after the breakup I still told him I loved him and he would say it back to me. And then I tried doing no contact but he ended up texting me something because he was mad about my Facebook posts (which were just quotes I shared) and I ended up replying to him and we had a little fight but now weeks later we are texting and snapchating like friends but idk how to make him want a relationship with me again. He really thinks that he doesn’t make me happy and that he isn’t good for me, doesn’t matter what I say to him he still thinks we shouldn’t be together but I think we can make us work again. How do I get him to give us a second chance?

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      September 3, 2016 at 5:23 pm

      Hi Rachel,

      if talking is not working then it’s time to restart no contact and stick to it

  20. Kat

    August 23, 2016 at 4:51 pm

    Hello! I have a situation that I am not quite sure how to handle or what my next steps are. My ex is in the military currently deployed to Afghanistan. We dated for a few months this past winter which was long distance at first. A few months in, he went to training for a month and that’s when things changed. He became very distant and said he wasn’t in the place in his life to give w relationship what it deserves. After this I moved about 45 minutes from him which was planned even prior to knowing him. So once I moved we saw each other pretty regularly (once or twice a week) and talked every day. He deployed in May and things began to be up and down. One day he would say he wanted things back and the next he would say he wasn’t ready. So 3 weeks ago he told me he’s not ready for a relationship and I told him to block my number and I’ll do the same because I was sick of going back and fourth with him. Now I’m not sure if I should reach out in a few weeks or just wait until he comes home. I know at some point he will have to talk to me because I am watching him and his best friend/roommates dog while they are both overseas.

    1. EBR Team Member: Amor

      August 27, 2016 at 2:33 pm

      Hi Kat,

      it’s ok to talk to him about the dog but why not try to reconnect when he’s back home.. do like what Chris advised above

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