Thanks bug and fly. If w asked to be left alone and said she didn't want me in her life any more I would definitely set her free.
Here is my mindset right now...
In the beginning when a WAS pulls away, is cold, mean, says she wants nothing to do with you... Any kind of pursuing will definitely backfire..
Pursuing every day or multiple times a day is always a bad idea
But initiating contact once a week or so I am less certain about. Especially when our last interaction was nothing but positive.
I think that there is a small chance contacting her will make me a little less attractive. Letting her know that I am here and available to her will make me less mysterious (depending on what I say when I reach out). Maybe she needs to think that I am really gone before she reaches out again.
Otoh ... Maybe I have been thru that stage already (she already reached out) and needs me to be there for her a little more. I am still rethinking my sitch in terms of what 25 said.
Mostly I think that reaching out on occasion doesn't help or hurt.. There will be both positives and negatives....
Me-45 W-44 T-7 years M-3 years (4th anniversary July 13, but we're separated) Kids from previous relationships (s14 d16 mine, s23, s24 hers)