Expect games from an individual who does NOT know what they want. In the end, never be an option to someone who does NOT put you first.

Games 🙄 just stay focused on your health goals and what you want for yourself! It'll all work out

This is EXACTLY what my ex is doing. Broke up 4.5 months ago, 4 months NC. She reached out after 29 days saying basically “i miss you so much and not talking to you is so tough but sorry i’m not ready”. I told her that’s fine, that being friends is not good enough for me, and she can let me know if she changes her mind. 65 days later she reached out again with the “i can’t stop thinking about you” messages, so i asked her if she wanted to get together, cook some dinner, catch up. She turned me down again, saying she was busy and it’s not that she didn’t want to, and that when things get less busy she’d love to. But she didn’t reschedule (but lots of small talk around that). Again, i acted like that’s fine with me, and she told me “you’re in my heart, you know this.” I reiterated that friendship wasn’t good enough for me, and couldn’t she see she was giving me mixed signals? I told her I’m trying to move on with my life and if she ever gets to a place where she wants to genuinely try again, she can message me, and we’ll see where i’m at. She apologised, said that i’m right and it’s not fair, and that “next time i reach out it’ll be for only one reason. I’ll be back soon”. It feels so manipulative - i’m genuinely trying to move on with my life and she keeps getting there to try and stop me from doing that while being unable to commit to me. It feels like the grief process of the breakup just resets every time. It really hurts, but if she does it again, i will tell her that it was amazing knowing her, that i will always cherish her, but that it’s time to part for good, and I hope she has a wonderful life. It’s now been 29 days since she last reached out, and I’m emotionally drained.

I want to hear more about avoidants avoiding wanting you in their lives, but don't want to get attached, because that will make the inevitable abandonment affect us. Like, don't get attached to a puppy if you're not keeping it, and don't name an animal that you have to slaughter. It makes it hard to lose them. You kind of brought it up, but I'd like a video specifically about this.

The worst thing is being in a on again and off again relationship.. When both keep saying it's over,yet somehow finding a way to continue contact in some way, even after weeks or a month of no contact..Then trying to be so called friends, that always gets twisted... 😭

I really think you should start a "Made by Margaret" line of clothing, all her shirts are always so cool!

I am a philosopher and lover of psychology. What this guy is saying is true.

Yeah it is on point. It's happening to me now. Thanks for this another great video. I keep watching your videos, at night in bed for me to fall asleep (😁) because it comforts me, and in the morning while preparing going to work to keep inspiring me😊. You 3 are the BEST 👌😘

All of these signs were on point with my LDR situation. Definitely gonna watch this more than once to really soak my brain with this knowledge. It truly is making my anxiety go down a bit. Thanks for always being a big help to me and everyone else out there 👊

Thank you Craig, Margaret and Victoria ☺you are keeping me sane during this very difficult situation in my life. (Without knowing what is NO CONTACT) I went auto-NO CONTACT after my boyfriend broke up with me- no begging, pleading and really no contact directly after he broke up with me (going 5 yrs of relationship) for his parents, I am way too hurt and not having the energy to beg and plead .. or even kneel.... I thought I was too mean by doing so but you all had given light that NO CONTACT is the rightful thing to do, it sucks and its brutal but if not because of it I would never knew how strong I am. I do want him back, If its meant to be it will be. MORE GREAT VIDEOS PLEASE. 💞💕💓❣

I went into NC after she said we were done. The interesting part was I wasn’t begging for her to come back into the relationship but during our conversation she kept trying to instigate the argument saying we’re done multiple times and left me on read when I said “I understand and respect your decision.I love you and hope you can find what makes you happy and if you change your mind you know where to find me. I’m going to focus on my dream.” It’s been two weeks since I’ve heard from her and idk what to do🤷‍♂️

Excellent Craig, a winner as always! Great to see the team! Bravo 👏

It’s always a good day when there’s a new video

If ex is confused about wanting you or not then the relationship died. Its over. It was once great but didn't survive so why would it work a 2nd time? Move on

You guy's are simply wonderful, thank you!

Maregret seems to be a very smart couch i just love to hear her talk i wish i had a mother Margret for my mother she seems loving and caring on your program Margret is the best

So great to have you back Margaret!!!

Earlier this year my ex was trying to get me to reach out to her by 1st talking to someone I know and mentioning they had mutual friends knowing that it would get back to me 2nd she unblocked me on fb AGAIN 3rd added a song to my list on spotify. I didn’t budge and still haven’t spoken to her.

A girl I dated for a couple months reached back out to me after 3 months of NC talking about a yogurt I introduced to her when we dated. I referenced the yogurt and asked how she has been. She replied and then I did saying I’d love to hear more about it and she should come to my place for dinner this weekend. She said she was busy with work and I said cool, figure out your schedule and let me know. She took over a day to respond and then told me she still just wants to be friends. So, I reiterated that I want her more than a platonic relationship and to reach out if she changes her mind. Not exactly sure how to take this. I kind of get the feeling she is hardcore testing me right now to see if I’ll chase and be needy (I was needy when we dated).

Brilliant coaches, these are exactly same things happening with me, I'm in LDR, my ex keeps reaching out on n off ,sometimes being warm and then vanishes... I'm so so confused

You all look lovely, the matching colours 😊.

Please make a follow up video on what to do when exes play these games! Love the videos!

They don't play games sometimes because they're confused you need to be more elaborate it's because your feeding the ego , pride , and they don't have to do much and they'll be w/everyone but YOU !

Excellent content. Very helpful and it keeps me in check. Thank you.

I am moving on from my ex I had to block him from everything. He sent me a friend request on Facebook three days after we ended. I truly am doing it for myself and I have never had the urge to text him and I work with him. He is talking to a new girl three weeks after we dated and Ik he’s sad. The first two weeks he was and the third week he was happy because of the girl I knew right away. So proud of myself for how I’m doing move on guys most exes don’t truly care unless they show it through their actions. Just focus on you, my ex I found out still has me on snap after a month because I think I blocked him even though he doesn’t watch my stories I know he’s holding on. This is what makes me stronger we are worth so much more

First!Thank you for the video, needed on a Monday!! 🙌🏽🙏🏼

10:58 this makes sense honestly. Like, one day my ex is asking to FaceTime, double texting, and flirting w me like crazy… and then 2 days later when I ask if she wants to get lunch, she says she doesn’t think it’s a good idea and that she’s only comfortable with occasionally texting… but then double texts again when I don’t respond to that and continues to look at my insta story every night before she goes to bed.

I love your matching colors.

My ex tried to make me jealous with her rebound on social media and a few months later she contacted my brother. She still has a lot of my clothing. Two pictures of her wearing one of my hoodies (transitional object) still on her social media (three years later!) Blocking and unblocking on social media is a BIG one. Another thing my ex did. It shows that they are wrestling with their emotions and their feelings for you. My ex is VERY rejection sensitive, hence the hesitation in making direct contact.

So my ex dumps me 39 days ago via text. One week before my birthday. So I stated I didn’t want a platonic friendship while leaving the door open. Went no contact. We went on a date two weeks ago. It went very well (so I thought). When I dropped her off she admitted that she kept intentionally putting off me getting the remainder of my stuff. She reached out two more days and then pretty much disappeared!! With the exception of commenting on a few Facebook posts. Which I put no stock into. It’s emotionally painful to me!! It is really difficult. I have continued to leave her alone though.

I think thats exactly what she is doing. After a month of disappearance sees me add a woman, women liking my posts. Then starts liking my posts. So I reach out and now she ignores me. I think she is keeping me at a leash end. In the month and a half we dated she would tell me that men would hit on her but she was with me. I am so angry she played me. I fell in love with her. I am thinking of removing her from my social media and blocking her. Now I am in the angry stage

Everyone is wearing red !! I like it!!

What if your ex watched every single day , every minute of the day for two months but then suddenly stop? Does that mean they are trying to move on ?

If somebody could answer my question, I would appreciate it. My ex threw it in my face that she was using Reddit for finding places for a date to go on with somebody. This came up because she was triggered seeing a Reddit notification on my phone. She started it off by playing stupid like “do you what Reddit is?” And I didn’t know what the point of the question was, so I just brushed it off. But she brought it up again and she was like “the reason I bring it up is because bro you can literally ask ANYTHING on there”. To which I responded, “ok, such and such, what kind of questions have you been asking…..? 🙄”. I just felt like she was trying to throw it in my face to see what my reaction would be. Why else would you be triggered and why else would you bring it up twice if you weren’t trying to get to that point? Explanation for the hang out: she wanted to be “friends” but of course was trying to reap all the benefits of having somebody around to validate her looks and feelings without the commitment 😂😂😂😂. ANYBODY WHO BEEN DEMOTED TO THIS POSITION…. RUN FOR THE HILLS AND DONT LOOK BACK, YOU ARE FREE!!!!!!

What about, "I'm not happy and need to work on myself. I don't want to be together but im not asking for a divorce." And say you don't have to leave. (Married for 10 years)

Okay a important question I have, that not any dating coaches have really addressed is: What if an ex follows us on social media? (1): if our account is public do we follow them back (2): if our account is private do we allow the request or deny it, and do we follow them back

Mine isn’t playing any games any more.. she breadcrumbed me for a bit - but now completely gone and not answering any emails

Craig please talk more about LDR.

Well my ex says shes doesn't want me then stalks my fb stories been no contact i messed up yesterday an i reached out to see if she still cared an told her i was goin to start talkin to other people instead of letting her reach out like i have been but i did find out she hasnt moved on tho

Thank you for the work that you 3 do! Helps alot

Hi coaches, can you do a video on long distance relationship break ups? There are so many videos saying that we should keep in touch with our exes to get them back. What do you think about this? Does NC work with long distance break ups? Thank you!

There are plenty of fish in the sea and my ex-girlfriend still hates me

My ex still has my keys. I told him, he can send it to me, but he wants to give them in person. We have been on and for the keys more then three times in the last two weeks, but he always flaks the last minute.

It sucks when you gave that last ounce of breath and they took it granted… It sucks… Who does that?? The survivors ALWAYS overcome…

If Craig or somebody else could give me an opinion of this I would be grateful. My ex broke up with me one week ago. I have made No Contact from day one. Not a single message or anything. Today is his birthday, I haven't congratulated him. We have a mutual friend on FB, I congratulated her, he probably saw that. And now he had unfriended me on FB. The reason he broke up with me is he said that we were too different (extrovert/introvert) and that it could not work for him. And also, he is a good looking guy who is probably used to women going after him, and he was the one who pursued the relation and told me he loved me from the start. I wonder, is my silence (no problem for me as an introvert) bother him so much? Is he playing games?

Hello Coach Craig. My Ex Gf a week ago posted a story that was directed towards me. We broke up 7 months ago and It was a very rough bad breakup. Lots of yelling and anger. She posted a story about an incident that we had. Not a very good incident actually. Made it seem like i’m a bad guy. She didn’t use my name, but pinned the location and was very descriptive verbiage about the incident. Should Ignore it? I’ve had several of our common Friends reach out to me about it

Hi Craig My ex saw me with an ex who she hates but got the complete wrong end of the stick. She saw me with a friend at a table in a bar and assumed that I met up with her when really she just came and said hi. My ex has be blocked on social media and I do stalk her tik tok as she makes videos about me. I think she’s seeing someone else but she still seemed to be angry about me with another girl in a bar as she replied to my friend picture that he posted saying “loooooool” when looking at her tik tok comment section she had a conversation with a friend about the fact that I was with a girl that my ex hates saying that “he wanted another chance with me and then went out with the girl who he told me he’d never get with” she’s completely seen the situation in the wrong light. I want to give things another go and I don’t want her to be angry and hate me. I feel like I should make contact with her to explain things but then she will know I stalk her tik tok. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks

Yesterday, My ex popped on a ceremony I had with my friends. She left an item and wanted to take it today. She wanted us to meet at a location she suggested, but told her to meet me where I was. She is the one who contacted me, I didn't initiate any contact. Did I fall for her bait?

It's been a week since my ex dumped me, he's been saying he wants us to meet then I bring his things, I told him he'll have to come pack himself, I was still hurting too much so he'd send texts every second day to ask if I'm home so that he can come take his things. So last night after watching your videos I decided to accept reality then he doesn't want me anymore, so I texted him I'll be home Saturday you can come take ur things, 😲he didn't reply. So I'm confused he was asking for his things the whole week now he ignores the text to come fetch them. I want him to take his things so that I can start no contact and work on myself. I still want him back though but for now I want to give him his space and I work on myself.

Why does my Ex girlfriend blocks and unblocks a lot of times? She umblocks me, I give her no attention and i will blocked for the next 4 weeks!! I do not understand what she really wants? The breakup was at 2.6.21… what should I do ??

I recently changed my profile photo after 3 months, my ex decided to change his to an old photo of him and his gf (last Christmas) right after I changed mine. I can’t help but think that it’s on purpose because he’s done it before and admitted to doing it just to make me jealous.

It been almost 2 months since my ex broke up with me. And her things are still at my place. She did not even talked about getting them. What could that mean? Does leaving her things in my place mean anything at all?

My ex texted me after 8 months of NC, asking for pics of our dog.. I was also contacted by a mutual friend who had warned me that him and his rebound broke up and he was talking about me & would probably reach out. And he did. I didn’t even address him or acknowledge him, I just simply sent him what he asked for which was a couple pics of the dog.. it’s been 24 hours and he hasn’t replied.. was that tooo harsh?

3:55 Holy Shit YES

My ex I think he make account lesbian. 😅 All the time he speak I am girl and I love you. He know if he send me like boys I not talk I just block boys. M thinking how much he claver.

He have girlfriend and he wants me to be her friend he dont want me to cut our contacts but its so much pain if i see them on socialmedia if its ok i block him?🥺

Hi Coaches! Last week, I was at an estate sale and my ex girlfriend was there. I had not seen her in two years. It was not a good break up. She did some really nasty things to after we broke up. Since there she has had an off and on boyfriend. To make a long story short, she saw me main in the main living room, When I saw her I casually left to the back yard. She followed me out there, I stayed a minute then left to the garage. She then followed me to the garage. I then left and got in line to pay for some items. She then came over to the line and stood about two feet from me pretending to look at an items on the table. She stood there for about two minutes. I never looked her way, nor did she say anything. She finally left. What do you think her intentions were? It was obvious she was following me around. Your help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Great tittle 😂, clicked play real quick 🤣

Can you make a video on how to date older woman? How to behave when dating them?

💕 blessed

Victoria, you look lovely in red!

Ha, his momma loves me more than he wants me gone. I just got back from a picture perfect trip to Colorado with his momma in a cranberry red Stingray Corvette and his Aunt, Uncle, and Grams took us out to their rent mansion in Estes Park and we got to be obnoxious tourists in the May snow storm! 🤣 His family invited me back and his momma told me I'm her daughter-in-law nevermind he never married me. His loss, my gain. I've got his family, my family, and he can be alone.

My ex show up with his girlfriend across at our friend house about 1 week ago he was holding her hand making sure l saw them l did not let it brother me at all my ex is using his girlfriend to get to me l am in no contact with my ex our son is still hurt and will not spend time with his dad she is always there and for what he did to our family our family is broken up its so sad

My ex maybe. Reaching out to a coworker

Hi Craig my ex called me about ten days ago after 6moths of n/c she was a bit drunk but said she want to talk but I said ok nothing since!

What a pain in the ass this is

Gosh. This is exactly what was being happening to me 😄

My ex and I broke up July 15th. I’ve been in no contact for 22 days. He completely ignores me everyday and acts like he doesn’t see me. On Friday, he saw me with another guy. It was just a friend but he didn’t know that. The next day, I walk by his car, he rolls down the window and is blaring our love song. I looked up at him and smiled and kept walking. He smiled back. Once seeing him inside, he is back to his usual ignoring me and avoiding me. He did the same again today. What do I make of this?

Im tired of it! Calling 2 times i dont answer cause im busy! Then i tex back and she says " dont want nothing! Im getting upset were as before the lsst month leaving her alone being nice when she calls etc...but now im getting pist off at this childish behavior! What do i do now???

First! ❤️

Sorry, no such clinical diagnosis as a nervous breakdown.

Dang you look tired in this video lol