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I am on day 1 of NC (sort of).
We broke up about a month ago and I did all the things I shouldn’t do – wish I had found this article sooner!
Despite my pleading, it hasn’t been a nasty break up at all and I know he still has some feelings for me. He is keen to stay friends and when I last messaged him I said I would need help doing that, he suggested as a first step we go to the cinema a week on Thur.
Having now read this article I am certain this would be a bad idea and I have decided to give this NC a try (as much for me as for trying to win him back). I hope I can do it and not give in and meet him in a couple of weeks!
I have a slight bump to overcome – he is coming to check on my cat as I am away next week (he says that’s what friends do) so I will have to have a very minimal bit of contact with him about that. Plus I will have to tell him I don’t want to meet him for the cinema. Below is the message I was going to send when I get back next week. Then I keep counting the days. Assuming that is all I send I am going to count today as day 1 and go from there.
Any thoughts on the message below – please do let me know and wish me luck!

Thank you very much for checking in on xxxx(my cat), hope he wasn’t too demanding of your attention! It was def better for him to not to have had to travel over to mum’s and back.
I think I am going to take a rain-check for the cinema on Thur. I’m going to have a night out with friends to watch the football instead. If I’m honest, I think that will be better for me at the moment. Plus you can watch the Liverpool game and not sit in the cinema wondering about the score.
I am serious about wanting you in my life in some way and I have a few nights coming up where I have a babysitter available, so let’s leave it for a bit and we can see how we go.
Thanks again for checking in on (my cat) this week and hope YYYY(his kids) and YYYY aren’t too grumpy about going back to school. xxxx