About 4 years ago, a girl befriended me and I grew to love her over the year as we hung out more and more.
I finally decided to ask her to be my girlfriend and of course, I got rejected.
I didn't take it very well when she rejected me; I was heartbroken. I cut off all contact with her, including mutual friends. She did try to get me back as a friend several times and I eventually changed my mobile number and deleted my facebook account.
About a year back, a mutual friend of ours found my new facebook account and we re-established the friendship we had. It wasn't fair that I cut him off over a girl and I appreciate that he did look me up.
Recently, he's begun telling me about how the girl was really sad when I cut her off. How she dated other men and got burned. And how she's learnt and matured from those experience; and is now asking about me when they meet up.
He wants me to at least meet her up once more, for closure. I told him I'll agree to it but only on the condition that it's a whole group gathering of our mutual friends.
About a week back, I happened to encounter her as we passed through the same door. She's with another guy but they're not holding hands or anything. I turned (initially not realizing the familiar face), she was smiling and waving elatedly at me. I instinctively did the same before walking away.
I am considering to close her for my own closure, but even so, I'm not sure if I want that.
I think that she's probably trying to find a beta now that she's been burned by alphas.
I appreciate any advice on how to deal with this case.
niftykettles 10y ago
Do not re-establish contact with her
Vaginal_irrigator 10y ago
Didn't you get rejected by her?
lonGterMgoalS 10y ago
You are 100% correct.
Don't meet up. That "closure" line is bullshit. It doesn't even make sense. I'm sure a woman made that up as an excuse to drag some guy into a useless conversation about feelings.
You already closed the door with her, don't reopen it. With her or her friends.
MightyTaint 10y ago
"Closure" is only for doors
mrust 10y ago
http://laidnyc.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/closure-is-bullshit/
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lonGterMgoalS 10y ago
I fell for that closure bullshit once when I was a teen. It was an interrogation/evaluation. Her asking me a bunch of questions and then listing a bunch of shit she "felt" I did wrong.
After that whenever a girl mentioned "closure" I told her to read a fucking book if she wants closure. Nothing a guy says will make them feel better so it's pointless. It's a trap.
southernfriedcode 10y ago
"Closure' for a woman is all about re-framing the end of the relationship, not reaching some mutually beneficial conclusion about the relationship.
dos0mething 10y ago
Closure is a psychological thing. I've had relationships where I ended things abruptly, and any emotion I had before was left in limbo. Those emotions don't go away, so people need closure in order to come to terms with loss. At some point down the road I met with that person, and on the second meeting I realized that it was over. It's strange. You need to psychologically bookend a chapter in life. Cutting someone out is fine and well, but as hard as you can you can't fully gut feeling you once had. Instead, you rationalize them into dead ends, to be able to focus on the future.
It's been four years though, and OP never even slept with the chick.
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dos0mething 10y ago
I am younger, but I've experienced a lot. I'm at a point where I'm disinterested in a lot of girls, which means I get more girls now than I ever have... and I wasn't playing before.
deville05 10y ago
Closure is mental. It is when you have nothing left to say or ask i think. I have cut people off. But that wasnt closure. There was so much i wanted to ask or say, get mad n all that. But i didnt ciz it was more important to keep them cut off. I spent many years thinking about them on and off. Eventually it takes a back seat and then you feel you dont care about getting all the answers and they stop meaning anything to you. Thats when you have actually closure
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deville05 10y ago
pretty much what I said
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MightyTaint 10y ago
You piggyback a tiger? You crazy.
NotReallyEthicalLOL 10y ago
Didn't even read your post. The answer is no.
imaginarymonster 10y ago
I bet you are the fastest test taker.
NotReallyEthicalLOL 10y ago
I like to double check
McCoy_Pauley 10y ago
Were you one of those people that just filled in "C" in the multiple choice tests? Or did you make cool patterns? For EXAMPLE.
gg_s 10y ago
Here a kid answered "C" to every question on a true/false test.
McRedMan 10y ago
You have two options;
1) Ignore. (Best option IMO).
2) Try to bang.
Only try this if your frame is TIGHT and she is > HB7. Be honest with yourself, will you catch feelings? If yes, stay the fuck away. It's far too easy to slip up and become her BB since you've had history.
Kalepsis 10y ago
DaFuq? "Closure"? What the fuck does "closure" have to do with trying to get back with someone she thinks is a safe bux bank after riding the carousel with real men who've realized she's a golddigger? The only closure she wants is to close that cage around your wallet with a fucking wedding ring.
If I was a hateful man, I'd tell you to revenge-fuck her and never call her again. But it's probably best to just leave her alone.
Unless she has a successful career at which she makes twice as much as you. In that case, use her for bux while giving her the alpha she needs. A little role-reversal never hurt any true alpha.
Adolf_ghandi 10y ago
It is wall time for her isn't it?
elysius 10y ago
If you were Dark Triad you could have lots of fun with this girl. But you're not, so stay away.
And it's super creepy that this "friend" is trying to get you guys together for "closure." Never even saw a straight man use that word before.
johnnight 10y ago
Use the situation for what you can. Under no circumstances should you allow her to put you on the beta path ("let's wait before sex, I am a good girl, take me to dates, LJBF, bla bla bla").
Your situation sounds like this one: http://therationalmale.com/2011/11/10/good-girls-do/
Others say closure is bullshit. Not, it is not. It depends on the situation. Let's compare it to a person missing for years. You want to find that dead body and do an autopsy to know what/who killed it. You got rejected romantically and she got rejected amicably(?) and so she is looking for her closure. It bothers her, it bruised her ego and that is the reason why she wants to meet.
You were NOT her first romantic choice, that is for sure. So it certainly is not love, because love does not work on this kind of path "I rejected him, because he did not arouse me, but when he did not want to be my friend, now suddenly I am inexplicably in love with him for the last 4 years".
HermitOnAJourney 10y ago
Friendship is definitely out of the question, I am clear with myself on that.
I'm not sure if amicable is the right word. After the rejection, I did try for a short period to remain friends. When I realize that it's impossible for me, I did a pretty abrupt cut off.
Thanks, this really hit me. ♂
johnnight 10y ago
What I believe you will hear when you meet her is The Narrative, that she prepared for you. Women will create this slanted narrative that sounds so positively happy shiny. But the same exact line of events seen from the POV of the guy is just dark night terror of rejection.
Women are terrified to be the guilty villain, so they turn everything into positives about themselves. The Narrative is the story in which she is the good protagonist. So the men in the story have to become the villains. That means her ex-bfs will be portrait as bad. And you may also be somewhat shamed/guilted as bad for not keeping up the friendship.
From the point of view of women The Narrative that they follow is "I want to have a lot of romantic encounters with mysterious, arousing guys and then when I have the need to settle down, I will meet again with my best friend from childhood with whom I always got along so well. I always knew he would be the 'marriage material' waiting for me, a nice guy. This is why I could not bring myself to hook up with him back then. It would have destroy our 'friendship'. I know this, because all my arousal-based romances have broken up. With this guy it will be different, because it is not based on red-hot arousal, but just lukewarm friendship".
We on TRP simply call this AF/BB and the story we are telling is about filth, betrayal, deception and exploitation.
I would selfishly ask you to meet her, because I would like to know if I am right. You would also know what story she has for you and THAT might give you closure. But I know that it might be seriously unpleasant. Gut wrenching unpleasant. If you think you can not stomach this, then just opt out like others have advised here.
p.s. The other option is that she has this weird need for being friends again like in this case: http://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/comments/2d3ydv/ran_into_my_ex_the_other_day/cjlv2tu
I do not think women want actually to be manly friends with men. I think they can not psychically stand to have foes in the tribe. When they hurt you and you demonstrate that you are now hostile, they have the need to turn a foe into a non-foe. They need to know that "we are on OK terms". But this is not friendship like between men.
And also it can be what mardanus said: "She also wants to believe that she is a good person so if she can get him to forgive and forget then it must have not been that bad." I think this one is very likely. She seeks from you the one little thing that will alleviate her feelings of guilt and then she is out and you will never see her again.
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HermitOnAJourney 10y ago
A few of you guys mentioned about meeting her if I can maintain frame? I doubt it. I'm still too inexperienced.
Sure, my mindset is pretty clear that I don't want friendship and I know I won't contract oneitis anymore.
And I can present a calm and cordial demeanor, but I will probably not be able to identify and respond properly to her attempts at reframing.
dreamingawake09 10y ago
50/50 here, you can either ignore the request, and go on with your life, or you can make her a plate. Those are your best options here. DON'T I REPEAT DON'T, date this woman.
TheJasminDragon 10y ago
Just make her a plate, or 'date her' until you pork her. Don't get attached. She is looking for a Beta.
sniperhiding 10y ago
Replace "should I give it a chance" with "Do I want to be her backup plan?"
The_Floating_Dick 10y ago
"Closure" is what your hamster uses as a disguise for leftover feelings.
"Nah man, I'm totally over her! I've already fucked tons of waay hotter chicks. I just wanna pump-and-dump this bitch for all the time I sunk in her".
But your brain doesn't work that way. There's a chance that dopamine rush you had with her back in the days will come back and imperceptibly make you her infatuated beta bitch again. Be smarter than your hamster and take no chances.
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Bang 'dat ho!
SrirachaEnema 10y ago
There's no such thing as "closure" from a conversation. "Closure" is something you get when enough time has passed after leaving. This is a trick. You'll be better off avoiding this entirely.
asd1100 10y ago
so the bitch is basically a megaphone.
Stop being a bitch, bitch, meet up, get drunk, fuck her to get the rejection out of your system and then have a post fuck "date" to see if you like her.
Don't go for it only if you think you can't maintain frame. I feel like you can't considering how you let the bitch's megaphone convince you to give her a chance.
at least you know she is easy, and she is already interested, it should be a slam dunk
Strangeclouds420 10y ago
In my honest opinion, if it were me, I'd meet her up. Several times over the past two years (post-red pill, post value-raised) I have gotten the chance to meet women who rejected me as lovers and put me in the friendzone. But you wanna know what happened when I met up with them. Same night fucks. My new frame allowed it to happen not only because I was sexually more aggressive but also because I looked better due to being a bit older and muscular due to lifting. Of course they all thought it would start where we left off, with me wanting to be with them so they possibly thought fucking me might be the spark to get things going. Afterwards, I talked to them and hungout on my time. Roles reversed and instead of me being friendzoned they had been fuck-only zoned, mainly due to them not meeting the new standards I had in place for potential LTRs.
So what I'm saying here is give it a shot with meeting her in a group setting, preferably in a place with alcohol, other anonymous hot women and see what happens. Put your value on showcase by showing other women attention. Don't bring up the past failure of you not getting her and start anew with her, with you acting as the prize this time (read: not douchebag). If u can, fuck her that night (or blowjob, both work) and that'll be how you close on your terms and how you gain a little extra confidence and self-respect for the future.
Warning: if your frame is not strong, or your mind is not clear of the emotional hold she has on you, then DO NOT go through with meeting her. She'll sense it like a bloodhound and will reel you in with promises of hangouts or whatever pastimes you all engaged in.
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This is always funny. "I don't want you but I still expected you to hang around me and continue giving me validation"
Go hang out. You're not obligated to do anything with or for her. If anything she could become a plate.
Dreamtrain 10y ago
I'm all for the advice over here saying no. But should you, for some dumb reason or whatever, find yourself in the same room as her and she is trying to initiate something, despite that you have shown her that you don't want contact, be perfectly clear you don't want a friendship, nor even a relationship, flat out tell her you only want sex, if she goes all "gross" ignore and be rest assured she won't bother you again, if she strings back along, be mad physical, push your boundaries, if she goes away good, she won't bother you again, if she accepts them, hit it and quit it and give your former self a pat on the pack.
awesomesalsa 10y ago
pump n dump
WingsnLV 10y ago
This post creeped me out. Your fixation on this girl is unhealthy.
HermitOnAJourney 10y ago
I didn't realize the creep factor. Thanks for pointing this out.
And I admit that I had a severe case of oneitis on this girl. It took me a couple of years to get out of the depression stage.
GrandCzarOfRedPill 10y ago
If it took you years then you shouldn't go back down that rabbit hole again. It's been 4 years and you still consider her a girl you had oneitis for. You know what you should do.
You want to reach out to her and I'm guessing you're trying to find a way to rationalize it as a positive.