While deciding on a plan on how to get back with your ex in the next few weeks, you will want to have a good understanding of why you want to get your relationship back on track again. While you are considering different ways to get your ex lover back, you would do well to remember that you have to be honest with your feelings and take pointers from the good times in your relationship. In other words, you need to think whether you were doing your bit to contribute to the relationship or were using the relationship with your girlfriend to better your social prospects; in which case you will have to make some dramatic changes in your attitude before trying to woo your ex back. These particular changes with your character and your attitude does not happen over night, but if you show your ex girlfriend that you are making changes, she will be more open towards restarting the relationship.