A friend of mine is having a lot of trouble getting over his old girlfriend. They were pretty close but she didn't feel the same way about him that he did about her, and he's been pretty down ever since. On the one hand, he's using his time to better himself; hitting the gym, learning a new language, stuff like that. I think he's going to try and win her back though. He told me she's going to France for 6 months, and I think he reckons if he's changed when she gets back then they can start over. I know that's probably a mistake, and I told him he'd be over her in 6 months anyway, but he seems really in love, and I don't want to be that guy who tells him to just get over it, because I know from personal experience break ups are never easy.
So I was wondering if any of you have any tips I could give him? Should he abandon all contact, stop trying to be friends with her and seek out other women? Or should he give trying to get her back a shot? Do any of you have similar stories? And how did you handle it?