Bill wanted to get an ex girlfriend back. John was a veteran of the war in Iraq and he knew that he had to make a battle plan to get his ex girlfriend back.

Bill's ex, a woman named Tracy, broke up with him because she had met someone else, in this case a poet. Bill knew that while Tracy had an artistic streak, she wasn’t going to ultimately be happy with someone whose idea of a good time was rhyming couplets. In short, the poet wasn’t the kind of man that Bill was.

So, Bill set out a battle plan to get his ex girlfriend back. There were three prongs to his approach.

The first thing he did was to smooth out the rough edges on himself. He let his crew cut grow out and had a short stylish haircut. He also started reading some of the books Tracy had mentioned in the past. He figured that to get an ex girlfriend back, he had to be the kind of boyfriend she wanted.

The next prong of attack was to show her that he was a virile man that other women wanted. He called up Sarah, a friend of Tracy's and asked her if she wanted to go to dinner as a casual date. When she said yes, Bil texted Tracy and asked where Sarah might like to go on a date.

Tracy immediately called Bill and wanted to know why he was taking Sarah out. Bill told her that they were broken up and he was moving on. He had always thought Sarah was an interesting person and thought it might be a good time to get to know her. If Tracy had any objections, maybe she should reconsider the break up.

Tracy slammed down the phone, which Bill expected. But he had planted the idea with Tracy that he was a desirable guy. This was all part of his get an ex girlfriend back strategy.

The third prong of attack was to use the date with Sarah to get information back to Tracy. Bill was the perfect gentleman on his date with Sarah. He brought her a single rose when he picked her up. He took her to a nice restaurant. And, on the date, he talked about the fabulous books he had been reading lately.

Then, when he dropped her off, he gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek but didn’t go any further. The next day, he sent her a lovely bouquet and said "I had a really good time. I hope you did too."

Sarah, of course, was on the phone with Tracy immediately. She wanted to know why Tracy had broken off a relationship with such a great guy.

Meanwhile, the luster had gone off the relationship with the Poet, and Tracy was missing Bill a lot.

Tracy called Bill a couple of days after his date with Sarah and wanted to know if the two of them could try starting up their relationship again.

That, my friends, is how to get an ex girlfriend back.