Should I Break The No Contact Rule?

Feb 2, 2017 by Coach Corey Wayne
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What you should do if you start thinking and feeling like you should break the no contact rule and contact your ex, if you have walked away with the intention of never looking back after a breakup.

In this video coaching newsletter, I discuss two different emails. The first email is from a viewer whose ex-girlfriend cheated on him and left him for another guy. He has spent the past several weeks watching my videos, reading my articles and book. He is fearful, starting to second-guess himself and contemplating contacting his ex again, because he is blaming himself for the fact she cheated on him after he turned her off.

The second email consists of some questions from a client whom I did a phone session with this past week. He’s wrestling with walking away and never looking back, and the desire to prove to his ex that he has changed. This is the definition of weak, beta male, approval seeking behavior. Both of these men are mistakenly under the influence of the illusion of action, thinking doing something will change their situation. My comments are in (bold parenthesis like this below) in the bodies of their emails.

Should I Break The No Contact Rule?

First Viewer’s Email:

Dear Corey,

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I discovered your work due to a breakup I am going through right now. I broke up with my girlfriend of 2.5 years on New Years Day. Since then, I have been watching literally almost all your videos, I purchased your book, and I am on my second round reading it. Thank you for your work, and keep making new videos, please!(I’d say about 90% of the men and women that find my work came to me because something was going sideways in their personal life. Being successful in your personal life really is a reflection of you having everything else taken care of. It means you’re a well-rounded, happy, balanced person with a great life and lifestyle that you’re proud of, and you’re looking for somebody, not to complete you, but to share your completeness with.)

Long story short, I discovered that my girlfriend had been cheating on me with another guy. (What you’ve got to realize about people who cheat and lie is they absolutely believe everybody is this way, and it doesn’t matter what you think or you do. When things aren’t going well, they just start looking to line up your replacement. People who love and value themselves come to a point where they realize, hey, this relationship just isn’t going to be what I want. They are comfortable with leaving, being single and being okay with that until they find the next great love of their lives. People that tend to be insecure, narcissistic, self-centered or they have no empathy, they don’t give a fuck. They’ve got to have somebody else lined up.)

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I asked her why she did it, and she said that I was neglecting her. (You stopped dating and courting her like you once did. A good woman, who respects and trusts men, will break up with you and then maybe meet somebody else, but women like this, they don’t fucking care. All is fair in love and war.)At that moment, I didn’t know what she meant, and I tried to list things I have done for her. (You were trying to prove yourself. You went into logic and reason mode, thinking you were going to win the argument, and really she’s just trying to say, “This is what I need from you. My needs aren’t being met,” but most guys don’t realize that.)

It’s a mistake, I know. I asked her to move out of the apartment, and we broke up shortly after that. (The most important thing to men in a relationship is loyalty, and here you’ve got a woman who has been disloyal. Even if you take her back, that’s just not one of her values. If it was, she wouldn’t have fucked some other dude in the first place. You’d be a sucker to take a woman like that back. It would be like you were saying, it’s okay to cheat on me. If she did it once and got away with it, why wouldn’t she do it again?)

She said that I handled the breakup pretty well without any drama or violence. (That’s always the right way to handle it.) I have been on no contact ever since. (Well, she needs to earn another chance with you, not the other way around. She cheated on you. She violated your trust. Even if you took her back, you’re still not going to fully trust her, because she dicked you over.) Now, she is dating the guy she cheated on me with. (Well, good for him. She’s now his problem. If he screws up the same way you did, she’ll fuck somebody else, because that’s just the way she is. That’s just her nature.)

The more I watch your videos and read your book, the more I realized that I played a part in her affair and our break up. (Well, you didn’t court her properly, but you didn’t deserve to get cheated on when you’re living with this woman. Obviously, you valued being loyal, and she didn’t.)

I got caught up in work and school, and I neglected her. I stopped dating and courting her. She works also, and every night we ended up not doing anything at all, no sex. Now that I am learning about this stuff, it’s just making my heart cringe over things I have said or done to her to lose attraction towards me. (Well, what happened happened, and it couldn’t have happened any other way. There’s not a damn thing you can do about it.)

My Questions are:

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Do you think I should reach out to her and apologize to her for what I did in regards of neglecting her? (What about the fact she fucked somebody else when you were still in a relationship? You can’t just sweep that under the rug. Yeah, you shouldn’t have neglected her, but that’s something that could come up in a conversation if you’re crazy enough to give her another chance. If she reaches out in the future, make a date at your place to make dinner together. You want to treat a woman like this like a fuck buddy. In other words, you’re not going to get back together with her. You’re not going to be exclusive with her. If you want a good, loyal woman, she ain’t it.)I have been working hard on myself to be a better person. Do you think it’s okay for me to want to get her back? (It’s natural. Every guy feels like that. Rejection breeds obsession.)

Do I wait until she reaches out to me to tell her about my flaws and apologize to her, if she even reaches out at all, in the future? (You can apologize to her for not dating and courting her properly, but she fucked somebody else. She violated the sanctity of your relationship, so treat her accordingly. Treat her like a fuck buddy. You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of reality.)

Do I have to break the no contact rule to reach out to her? (Absolutely not. She needs to earn another chance with you, not the other way around. She’s in a relationship with another guy, so at this point, she’s not available.)

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer this e-mail. I really appreciate your work. (The best thing you can do is focus on you. Take care of the things you can take care of, which is how you show up, reading the book and getting out there and applying it, so you can improve your skills. If she reaches out down the road and you want to take another lap around the pool, I personally wouldn’t do it, but it’s your life. Just know your downside risk.)

Bob

Second Viewer’s Email:

Hi Corey,

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Question: If I have changed, and I have, a lot, and she left after fighting, thinking I am an asshole, how does she know I have changed, to give a second try, if we are not in contact? She has no way to know.(Who fucking cares? She unilaterally changed the terms of your relationship. You’re still under “The Illusion Of Action” thinking, “I still need to do something to get her back,” but she’s blowing you off, and she doesn’t treat you like she values you. She had her chance, and she fucked up. She doesn’t see your value, but it’s her fucking loss. By you working on yourself and becoming a better version of yourself, if she ever does reach out to you in the future, it was her idea, and you can invite her over to your place to make dinner together. You should look at my article and video, “7 Principles To Get An Ex Back.”)

Bob

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Published on February 2, 2017

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  1. I had just recently February 7, 2017 had broken up with my ex girlfriend, after a 4 1/2 year relationship. My ex and I are the same age; which is 44 years of age. We both have no kids, and have never been married. We both had broken up( had taken a 6 month break), from one another before in the past. This time around though, we both had made a mutual decision. To be quite honest with you, it was mostly on her part. Part of me (in my mind), had disagreed with us parting ways, however, I had went along with it.

    During our conversation (on February 7, 2014), we had agreed to be friends(even though she somewhat did not agree with). We both also agreed to stay FB friends as well. After February 7, I had spoken with her (via FT), for the next 2 days, and she had told me that she can no longer FT me again, and that she only wants to text me. February 9, 2017 was the last time I had communicated with her. 3 days after our decision to stay FB friends, I had “blocked” her from FB; as well as “blocked” her from Instagram. I had also put away all of my photos of her, and locked it away in a storage.

    I was contacted by one of her nephews(Jonathan), and he had told me that she was depressed, and was playing it off to her family members that she was content with breaking up with me, and made it seem like I was chasing after her(even though I was the one that had “blocked” her).

    For the past month, I have been absolutely feeling miserable and wanting the desire to go back to my ex. I have been going to therapy(and counseling), for sessions on getting over my ex(since our break up), but it seems to just not be working. I find myself not being able to get over her. My gut feeling is NOT aligned with me being without her in my life. I want her back, but now that I had “Blocked” her from FB, I find myself not knowing what to do.

    I had saw your video “Proper Use Of The No Contact Rule”, and saw that he had mentioned “Scarcity with a woman, causes your value to go up”. However, if I had “blocked” her from FB, how to I make an entrance (slowly) back into to her life?

    Her birthday 45th birthday. is coming up (April 28, 2017) was going to mail her a birthday card, to try and break the ice. Until then, what other way should I do in order to slowly come back into her life? April 9th will be two months after our break up. Should I attempt to add her back as a FB friend after April 9th.

    I don’t know how to approach this, and any advice or suggestions would be great for me. Thank you for your time, and definitely looking forward to hearing back from you

    Damian Jelks

  2. Hey Coach, followed your material for a long time! Normally when I thrive with women its through your work being at the front of my mind. Honestly I have purchased your book twice, worth every penny read it once then lost it in a move, but I understand I need to read it 10-15 times so I don’t know it but live it.

    So after a rough breakup, I acted weak and needy, and tried to win my ex back over the “dumper” after toxic communication for the first two months following I have finally committed to no contact, blocked her on Facebook and delete her number. Can no contact work after messing up in the beginning? I believe you would describe my X as emotionally unavailable because, of her rough past.

    I fell into the trap of listening to a females advice rather then sticking to my guns and what I know and have learned.

    Any perspective would be appreciated.

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