My girlfriend of 7 months went cold/distant all of a sudden out of nowhere and I honestly don't know what to make of it.

It wasn't a gradual change in attention but literally an overnight change. Last weekend we were great, she would text me constantly throughout the day as she normally has over the past 7 months... then as of last Monday she just started acting a lot more distant (ie - not initiating texts, taking longer to respond). We didn't fight or have an arguement so I'm honestly not sure what's going on.

We had tickets to an event last Wednesday and after being all cold for 2 days before, she was the same loving, affectionate person when I saw her in person. We had a great time, she would hold my hand, make out with me, etc. But the next day, she was back to being distant and cold!

It was getting frustrating so I called her on it and told her that we need to be able to communicate like mature adults. She agreed but said 'we will talk soon.' Haven't heard from her since.

I've decided to just back off and wait for her to contact me, but it's literally killing me inside that she won't open up to me. And then the AFC mindset starts to sink in (ie - maybe she's cheating on me, etc.) and I find myself resenting her for being cold to me.

She's done this once before a few months ago (which actually caused us to break up for a while) and it was due to family issues she was dealing with so I'm thinking that may be the reason. But I honestly have no clue.

What should I do? Just be strong and not contact her? I just feel after 7 months, these being cold/aloof game would be behind us.

I'm not expert at this so please take my thoughts with a grain of salt.

I know what you're going through, and it's really obnoxious. I've made it a point in all of my dealings with girls to NOT pay ANY attention to the "cell phone" part of the relationship... which is pretty difficult to do in today's world, especially since a lot of girls these days won't call/answer calls, only text.

My method is this... I don't care if she doesn't initiate, I don't care if she takes a while to respond. If she takes a while to respond... it has no effect on my decision of when to respond... maybe I respond quickly maybe I don't but her cell-phone related decisions have no influence on mine, or my opinion of her, or our relationship.

At first maybe you'll appear as being "needy" by responding to her quickly when she doesn't do the same. But over time... they will pick up on the fact that you don't even notice what she has carefully planned as distant cell phone behavior.

This strategy goes against typical dogma involving punishment/reward... but it has worked pretty well for me. And most importantly it helps me keep my own confidence/wits... because after enough time I really don't notice/care about the stupid shit girls do when it comes to cell phone communication.

Sounds to me like when she is not with you, she is not thinking about you. Since you already called her out on it, you've made your play. My advise to you is to not think about her when you're not with her, at least as little as possible. I don't say that as a game you should play, but as a simple reality. If she is not sitting around when she's not with you pandering over you, you should not do the inverse.

I would say this, if she acted like this before and it was because of family issues or stress, etc, then I think when you called her out, you could have done it better, like perhaps just casually telling her you noticed she's been distant, and that you'll respect her space and privacy, but that if she needs someone to talk to, you're there. Something like that shows your real value and makes you an asset when she's going through hard times rather than a liability.