I just thought I’d chime in. I did try this and it did work for me. We had only dated for a few months and he dumped me abruptly claiming his ex girlfriend came back and he though he should give it another try. (Read on, that was a lie) So, I just wished him well and didn’t contact him again for a month. I did so via txt and he replied instantly. From time to time he would txt me and I would respond casually. Sometimes I wouldn’t respond if the txt wasn’t a question. Well, we only txted a couple times in the next year and meanwhile he wasn’t back with his ex…he had met another girl while we were dating and started dating her and 6 months later they got engaged and moved in together. So it was all over, right? Nope, a year after we broke up he got in touch with me again, said he’d made a huge mistake and we started dating. Whirlwind romance, he was madly in love with me this time and talked about getting married and wanted me to move in with him. He saw me every weekend and never let me sit home while he went out with friends. Not once. So, great story, huh? Well, not exactly…this serial dater was just that. He wants to marry every girl he meets. He is the type of guy who can’t be alone…then after a while he gets bored and breaks up…in a fairly dramatic way…blaming them for the break up. When he talked about his exes, all were dramatic break ups…all not his fault…all were super serious relationships and all one right after the other with barely a long weekend in between…. Well, you guessed it, we got in a fight, he made a dramatic scene, said he hated me, said some pretty horrible stuff, ruined a lot of my clothes by throwing them outside in the rain and that’s it…we broke up. Another dramatic break up for him to share with his next ‘love of his life’ SO…I instituted the no contact rule again. Blocked him from my phone and facebook…Not to get him back, but to get him out of my life. So, I guess this NC thing works…but I’d say be careful what you wish for.