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Hopey:

That situation is as close to this as any I ever heard. If by "got farther" you mean the make-out thing that doesn't really count, she's made a comment about how that was pretty much meaningless.

We've only done the "stop talking to me for a while" thing 2 or 3 times over 2 years, and actually they were all at my (yelling or typing in all caps when applicable) request. which is what Blarg seems to want me to redo. I almost feel as if I'd be better off mentally by dealing with THIS until the summertime when hopefully both of us are busy at jobs and things fall apart naturally. of course that didnt happen any of the other summers we've known each other. maybe when we graduate in may '07. [censored] me running.

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Truth be told, I wasn't totally free of the girl in my story until we graduated. Even then she'd still email me regularly, and would ask me to go out for drinks, etc... However, I told myself once school was done that I'd stop pining over her, so I cut ties with her for awhile and she was eventually completely out of my system.

The funny thing is that I still get the ocassional email from her, but now I feel a certain amount of contempt for her when I do. I realize what a shallow person she is, and how she looked down on me for that entire school year. I deserved better than that, but I allowed myself to fall into her trap over and over again.

You need to find another girl. That's the quick fix. However, once you start seeing someone else, be prepared for your friend to suddenly start finding you attractive again. That is, until you dump the girl you're seeing to be with your friend, at which point your friend will lose interest again.