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 mwh1924

Joined: 3/8/2006
Msg: 1
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 12:54:40 PM
when a girl says she need space!! what does it mean? does it mean im breaking up with you untill somthing better come along?
my g/f or ex g/f wrote me a email this week.. saying her feeeling for me have been decling recently and that i might not be th e person she wants to spend the rest of he r life with.. then she says she needs space to clear some stuff up in her head!! and if i cant handle it. then i should leave

now didnt she break up with me in the email? by saying all that she did or does she just really want space?
 heavenlee77

Joined: 12/29/2005
Msg: 2
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 12:58:59 PM
i believe she wants space, so that she can think of what she really wants. Give her want she wants, but while she is thinking, dont feel obligated to wait around. I wouldn't wait around, but that's just my two cents...
 jeff323

Joined: 6/12/2005
Msg: 3
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when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 1:02:14 PM
Time to move on, it's over. I have heard this myself and with my buddies many times. it is the first words to it is over. Once someone she that her feelings have gone down, and she needs time, it is never good.
 zentral

Joined: 10/30/2005
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when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 1:41:49 PM
It's almost certainly over. Show her the airlock.
 BradPt

Joined: 1/13/2006
Msg: 5
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 2:00:22 PM
No..when she says she needs space what she means is I care just enough to give you a taste of whats about to happen. Sorry, she's allready gone...don't accept that from her...don't wait for her to decide your fate.
 couldusecompany

Joined: 3/1/2006
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when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 2:13:27 PM
I agree with the other posters. Unless there is a perfectly legitimate reason for her to need the space now, all of a sudden. Ie: Starting school and now she has a lot of homework, etc. But I suspect this is just a prelude to her fully breaking up. Move on so she doesn't have the satisfaction of "having her cake and eating it too".
 cee4

Joined: 1/12/2006
Msg: 7
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 2:22:54 PM
I think it's time to move on. Clearly she's "just not that into you" anymore.

In my opinion - she didn't really want to break up with you because she didn't say it ... but by her suggesting that if you "can't handle it" she's maybe hoping you'll say you can't, and move on. In her mind then, it's not HER that ended it, but rather you for the decision to leave because you couldn't handle it. She pretty much left it open for you to bail.

Does that make sense??

Make yourself scarce - she'll come back.
 mwh1924

Joined: 3/8/2006
Msg: 8
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 2:42:32 PM
then why play the games.. if she wants to break up then just say it right? dont give me the space thing.. ijust dont get it
 heavenlee77

Joined: 12/29/2005
Msg: 9
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 2:51:35 PM
she might not want to hurt your feelings.. In that sense she doesn't have to feel bad about it.
 mwh1924

Joined: 3/8/2006
Msg: 10
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 2:57:27 PM
tahst what she said in the email she says i care about you and dnt wanna hurt your feeleings.. yet she has cut off all contact with me.. emails. phone calls texts.. she says she likes to sperate her self from the sitution and look at it... so in other words ive beeen dumped...lol
 DickBoston

Joined: 9/2/2005
Msg: 11
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:01:54 PM
Off the cuff:

When she Say's she needs space she means: I need space, I am feeling crowded, claustrophobic, enmeshed and not independent or as free as I want to be.

That her feelings are on the decline - means you are like a once bought special outfit that has
gone out of style - is now old and you no longer want to have it in your closet much less wear it - in fact you are starting to get irritated each time you open the closet and see it.

It was once a special outfit so it is hard just to say begone ye lousy outdated garb -
if you are clever and strong in ways most of us are not - you will proudly move yourself off to a dark quiet unseen place, ironing yourself and keeping your colors fresh -

Fashions come around again and one day in the not so distant future (if you keep your weave intact) you will again be all the rage -

But hopefully you will have grown and be snugly embraced by someone more suited to the cut of your thread -
 Mike Anthony

Joined: 10/23/2005
Msg: 12
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:06:10 PM
When a girl says she needs her space, what she really is saying is "I want to see what else is out there and if I cant find anything better I will be back" Its a cop out she doesn't want you but she doesn't want to totally let you go either just in case, Its totally unfair and selfish. And if you end up back with her the relationship will be damaged and scared. This has happened to me and when she wanted me back it just wasn't the same I could not trust her, always wondered when she would want her space again. If someone loves you they want to be with you all the time. Sorry dude.
 cee4

Joined: 1/12/2006
Msg: 13
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:11:48 PM
She doesn't want to hurt you. She's basically leaving it open to you - if you stay, you accept that she needs "space" if you leave - then YOU ended it not her.

Yes, it's a game - don't play it.
 mwh1924

Joined: 3/8/2006
Msg: 14
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:16:25 PM
so what should i do... we dont talk as it is... so just cut off the contact etc?
 mwh1924

Joined: 3/8/2006
Msg: 15
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:21:24 PM
im soo confused about this girl.. we talked about marriage alot.. she brought it up.. tomorrow is her bday (march 25) i bought a diamond ring and was goin to ask her to merry me somtime this weekend
 stand by

Joined: 3/21/2006
Msg: 16
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:22:45 PM
It might mean she wants to become an astronaut.
 wildgirl_5

Joined: 9/11/2005
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when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:23:36 PM
she wants time to herself to do the girl things ......like go bar hopping with the girls.....go shopping .......
 scrapman128

Joined: 3/4/2006
Msg: 18
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:30:25 PM
Run while you can, Definatly not the foundation for a ring!
 am here

Joined: 10/27/2005
Msg: 19
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:39:35 PM
wow , that was pretty dirty..... sending you a email to tell you this?

NO respect..... what people can't communicate these days in person? Have to hide behind a email?

A coward way out

YOU DESERVE BETTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please move on and find a better woman who will treat you with respect

Get your money back for the ring....she is not worth it
 am here

Joined: 10/27/2005
Msg: 20
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:45:00 PM
Forgot to mention, good thing is happened now and not after you married her

consider yourself lucky

Hope you find someone who treats you better
 electric_jester62

Joined: 1/4/2006
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when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:47:38 PM
Just go on.......if she wants to talk....she knows how to find you.

Cheers !
 Atone74

Joined: 8/14/2005
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when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:49:46 PM
Let her have her space, no one knows our future. It might or might not work out. Your a handsome man, don't let her hold you back from living out your dreams. Good luck
 Whitewine29

Joined: 1/19/2006
Msg: 23
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 3:51:24 PM
Sorry man, when they say they need there space is your invading there space to much and it's time to back off. Give it time and see what happens.
 Jarbarian

Joined: 2/9/2006
Msg: 24
when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 4:09:35 PM
When a woman says "I need space" it could mean a couple things.

A. You're too clingy/needy or
B. She's getting ready to break up with you or
C. A and B

The best thing you can do in this situation is PULL BACK IMMEDIATELY. No calls, no emails, no text, no drunk dialing, no stalking - NOTHING.

Pull back, get your bearings straight and let HER contact you. Give her some time, distance and space. Do be ready for the most likely scenario which is her breaking up with you. Women take much longer to decide to leave men but once they do their minds are pretty much made up.

Any attempts you make right now to cling to her will be met with utter futility and only lead to push her further away from you.

You might want to read my guide on second chances. At lot of what I have written on there explains the best way to recover from a relationship and quite possibly set up a second chance or reconcilliation.

Again, the first thing you need to do is back away from her. Back far, far away. When someone wants their space the best thing you can do is give it to them.
 wergund

Joined: 8/22/2005
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when girls say they need space
Posted: 3/24/2006 4:15:53 PM
hmmm, listen to cee4. She's right.
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