Sorry for the length, TL/DR at bottom.
She is 22, I'm 29, we dated for about 7 months. At first things were amazing, she was fun, cute and loved having sex and the sexting was hot. She was very sweet as well and would cook for me and compliment me often and was just a really good girl and not a party chick like many her age, truth be told I fell hard. At first I was very cocky, and flirty and dominant in bed. I was a manager at our work (she quit soon after we started dating for a better job) and she initiated with me. I have a good job and am very confident in myself. I'm not in the best shape but she seemed very into me regardless. She would go out of her way to try and see me and if I got a bit upset she would do her best do appease me, but when I started feeling so much for her the tables turned somewhere and I found myself losing that effect. I can look back now and say I think I just lost her because I started to show her how much I loved her and wanted the same back. We just broke up today but it was not messy, I have known it was coming for a few days now and we had already talked a lot, we laid in bed and talked and kissed for a bit then she left. I want her back at the moment, her reason for leaving me is that she needs to figure herself out, I know what you guys are going to say but she is not the party girl type, she does not drink at all or do drugs, she actually has her shit together, good job for her age(46k), is getting her masters degree, has a lot going on with her family: 2 sisters, nephews etc, she works out (has gained some recently and she is unhappy with herself which is part of her unhappiness with herself, but I don't care, I love her body)and she stays pretty busy. She said she feels like it's unfair to me that she doesn't have as much time to invest in us as I do and she is not happy with herself, she feels lost and hates her body. I moved to this state last year, I don't have a lot of friends here so much to my being an idiot I made her the center of my world and I think this is why she left me despite her saying she loves me and I’m amazing.
I know I need to cut contact for awhile, but she wants to be friends even wants to still talk to me but I told her I can’t do that right now. We have not ruled out talking in a few months and maybe see where she is with herself and she has told me she still loves me but needs this for herself because she is trying to be happy with herself first before being in a relationship because she does not love herself right now. I want her back, I know I shouldn't but I do, she's great, she’s young and cute and when I was dominant, she loved it and I feel I messed this up by making her a higher priority than I was to her and basically going beta.
My question is this, I want to do my best to put my self in a position to get her back if possible. Do I need to go no contact and wait for her to reach out possibly? Should I cut her out for a bit to have some time to herself and work on myself as well (hit the gym, get out and be social, try and get laid etc) but reach out when I’m feeling more confident in myself? Any advice at all? Should I just say fuck it and move on and if it’s meant to be it will? I will not lie, I am very sad. I did love her very much and the relationship was great before I went all lovey dovey. I think I can incorporate more TRP in my life and not lose myself in love this would be a great relationship. I just didn’t keep it up this time.
TL/DR: My 22yr old gf just broke up with me because she’s not happy with herself and I want her back because I think I pushed her away by giving her too much love and attention. Want her back, What do?
Thanks!
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