You don't have to go for "monkhood" or someone else's philosophy or lifestyle. Just set some ground rules for yourself and follow them. If you're upset about women, take time to build yourself up. Workout, learn new skills, make new friends INCLUDING women, but don't worry about attracting or hunting them down.

I really didn't want to because I loved being with women, but i'm taking time off for myself. Not to cope with ex's, (I don't think anyone needs to exclude themselves to cope) but to work on myself for my own happiness and future. I still enjoy hanging out with girls i'm friends with and i'm not opposed to meeting someone else and if I happen to, then i'll let it be. I'm just not interested in starting a serious relationship because I need this time today for me.
I've been dating for about 5 years now with only about a one month break in between gf's. That's not alot of time to build myself when all I was doing was working at "us".

Just think about what you want for yourself. Maybe you really do want to date, that's fine. But most of all, you should want to push yourself to grow as a man and strive to reach goals more in your life today, rather than living for yesterday.

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