@coachalexcormontexback: You've heard it a thousand times. Go silent and wait. Good advice. Half a strategy. Here's what silence actually does. It pulls you out of reach, and the moment a man can't reach you, his mind starts reaching for you. He notices the quiet. He wonders what you're up to. He asks himself if someone else has your attention now. That's real. But it's only the beginning. Because there's a version of this almost nobody teaches. Think about what he said after the breakup. If he offered "let's stay friends" and then vanished, that wasn't a bridge. It was a soft goodbye. But if he says "let's stay friends" and keeps sliding into your messages anyway? He left the door open. He just doesn't know how to walk back through it. Plain silence ignores that door completely. Active silence uses it. You still never text first. You never chase. But when he reaches out, you don't disappear on him and you don't drop everything either. You meet him with an energy that draws him in. Warm without being desperate. Around without being on call. Interested without waiting by the phone. That tension is the whole game. It's what makes him want more. Disappearing makes him forget you eventually. Doing it with intention makes forgetting you impossible. The silence opens the loop. What you do when he breaks it is what closes him in. Want to know if there's still a real chance for you two? Comment QUIZ below and I'll send you the free quiz in DM. #getyourexback #ex #breakupadvice #relationshipadvice