Haha! This actually reminds me of a time I was given the silent treatment.
"Don't want to talk about it? Ok. Just let me know when you do." and I continued to read. I pretty much continued to operate solo completely not recognizing that she was ignoring me, being happy doing my day to day. This continued on to the next day where the whole day went by without much being said. I knew she was upset the next morning because she looked furious, and because she didn't want to cuddle the night before. I figured out what was going on when she left for work without saying anything (normally I gave her a ride to work; this time she left early and walked).
I decided I would do my own thing until she stopped being juvenile, so I made plans to go see a movie, called her (she didn't pick up) and left her a voice mail saying that I wanted to go see a movie at such and such time (it was a late showing). I left her a note saying that I was going to be hanging out with my friends that day and that she should call me if she wanted to see the movie. I saw the movie without her, came back after, and she blew up at me and told me to get out saying that I didn't care about her.
"Of course I care about you. I'm just not going to let juvenile behavior bother me, but I'll see you later. Call me if you want to talk." She told me not to go and we ended up talking about something that bothered her.
In all honesty, I was content with the idea that she might break up with me right then; her loss.
I don't think I would "crumble" - I hate those games, and I don't tolerate them for very long.
A girl had this habit of getting angry over everything constantly... usually to where it wouldn't be anyone's fault, or anything wrong, she'd just decide to be angry. And even her friends said she did this all the time; even she recognized she did this.
So, she'd storm off, and as long as she had her own ride, I'd leave, as promised. I usually will act as if nothing is wrong publicly (though if I get a moment to try to talk too her, I will). If I STILL get the silent treatment, I will leave her alone until it gets on my nerves, then I will quickly leave, and not do anything until she decides to act like a grown up and tell me if she's angry at me, (and why) or what's up. If she KEEPS doing it, like every day, then I'd be done with the relationship pretty quickly.
silent treatment is abusive behavior.
if he's doing it to you all the time, you should dump him and get someone who treats you better.
no one deserves that crap.
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If it's a girlfriend then I will do what-ever to fix the problem as soon as possible cause I hate that silent treatment from someone I care for. For those who have given me the silent treatment, or decides to ignore me for no reason & won't tell me why they're doing so, will never hear from me again. If you hate me or have so little respact for me to put me through that then you'll soon know the meaning of indifference.
There's nothing worse or hurtful then being ignored by someone you cared for & not know why. At least tell your boyfriend why your doing it cause he'll probably think you hate him & not know why. I can't see any good coming from it & be prepared fhat it might never end. When or if you decide it's enough, he just might not think so, & so the games begin.
2-3 days? Giving him a taste of his own medicine isn't a good idea, at all. That's a flaw in him, not you. Why turn a good quality of yours into a bad one? Don't lower his view of you (hypocritical, I know, but you get the idea) and ignore him at the same time. That's just asking for trouble.
Who say's I'm going to put up with it to begin with? All that really inspires is ideas like "this girl is way too passive aggressive", "she doesn't care about me", "this isn't working out", "time to leave her and find a new girl"...
I would tolerate it for a day and then begin looking at my options for moving on. There is no room for that in a healthy relationship. It is an effort at control and manipulation. There will be more darkness and self-centeredness beneath it.
I just stay quiet. It always works for me. When my mate plays the silent treatment, I will shut up. Because, silent treatments are a lot like staring contests, and you just need to wait it out. It is a dominance thing. This also gives your mate time to cool off their own thoughts and emotions. Think about what you can say in the meantime.
Keep calm
and stay quiet.
I wouldn't crack tbh
Infact if I text someone and they don't reply I actually won't send them or call them until they get back to me.
I am ridiculously stubborn.
Depends on the person and how much I like them. I could probably go on until the friendship or relationship fades/
A long time, were stubborn bastards lol, so stay strong, and don't break silence before him,x
I rpobably would hate you for it and probably don't talk to you about it. I have been there before and it made things really awkward.
Depends on the relationship, some I've invoked silent treatment forever.
I usually cool down after a couple of days and then feel bad. Unless the person did something really bad to me.
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