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Why is she blowing hot and cold?

Asked by tre101 (18points) August 10th, 2013

I got back with my ex girlfriend a couple of months ago. I dated a few other girls in between but I realised that I missed her like crazy so we decided to give it another go. Sometimes when I think it’s going amazing, she pulls away and things are not so amazing again. There were a few reasons why we broke up. Mainly it was due to my busy schedule at work – which meant we didn’t communicate often, and the fact that we live in different cities – which made it difficult to see each other. I’m 28, she’s 24. She’s a very sweet, sensitive, lovely girl, and slightly ditzy, but I find her a bit of an enigma. It kind of make her attractive but it’s very frustrating when she blows hot and cold…

Hot:
– The way she looks at me, that look in her eyes.
– She is very affectionate. She strokes my face and my back, and kisses me all over.
– She never refuses sex, in fact she is always the one who wants it.
– She said she hasn’t slept with or desired anyone else since we broke up.
– She once cried when she had to catch her train home after spending the night at mine and said she wanted to stay.
– The same day she told me ’‘I love you” for the first time since we got back together. I said it back to her, but the main thing is she said it first.
– The last time I saw her she said she was worried someone closer to where I live will steal me from her.
– She never refuses to see me and never cancels any arrangements we have.
– She has said she has never loved anyone as much as she loves me.

Cold:
– She replies to every text I send but she NEVER initiates texts. I’m always the one having the text her first. I’ve someone’s gone 2 or 3 days without texting her to test if she would initiate but she never does.
– She sometimes goes funny when I give her compliments.
– She also goes funny when I bring up the subject of children or her having a “maternal side”. She just gets uncomfortable and says she’s not maternal at all.
– When I mention that my parents and friends love her she goes weird and says they don’t even know her that well.
– She has sometimes says that she thinks it won’t work with us because of the distance.
– She has said that she thinks we are very different people and an odd couple.
– She has asked why I don’t go on dates with other women.
– She doesn’t get jealous at all. When I told her a story about me going to a strip club last week… She just burst out laughing (I say this, but she DOES get jealous of my exes and the girls I dated in between her when I mention them).

What do you guys think of her behaviour? Are there any major red flags here I should be concerned about or are they just small issues that I’m making a big deal of?

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janbb's avatar

The “cold” behaviors sound more like insecurity and a need for reassurance and not rushing into long term commitment then meanness or games. The “hot” behaviors sound loving if that is the way you want a partner to be. I don’t see any red flags here really. The only thing I do see is that at 24 she may not be ready for talk of children and maternity, so you might want to hold off on that and see where things go.

Seek's avatar

Some people don’t like texting, and don’t think of it.

She is recovering from a breakup. Might want to hold of on the pressure for a while. Talk of kids and extended family can wait until after the relationship has had time to heal.

Also, some people really don’t have a problem with strip clubs. I go to them sometimes with my friends, my hubby goes sometimes with his. No big deal.

hearkat's avatar

I agree that there seems to be some insecurity and wonder how her relationship i with her own family or whether she might have had a troubled childhood. I only ask because I had a troubled childhood and some of her behaviors remind me of myself at that age.

CWOTUS's avatar

Welcome to Fluther.

She initiates sex with you and she doesn’t initiate texting, and you think this is a problem?

We should all have your problems.

The red flag might be that you think she is the one who is “ditzy”. She may come to realize that – oh, how can I say this in a nice way? – do you recall the scarecrow in Wizard of Oz?

All I can say is “straw man”, but not as an ad hominem or other kind of logical fallacy argument. Think of the straw man.

zenvelo's avatar

The positives are all focused on you and should be considered strongly in favor of her wanting to be with you.

The negatives are all focused on long term relationship stuff and her not feeling secure in general, not really focused on you.

Be happy she wants to be with you, and give it time for you to both be growing into a longer term relationship.

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

“lovely girl, and slightly ditzy, but I find her a bit of an enigma.” “She never refuses sex” and etc. Do her a favor, and let her go.

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