First post.
After two years of spinning plates and enjoying the company of women (previously in three year relationship and a two year before that), I met a girl and slipped right back into a beta mindset. She's the best looking girl I've went out with, which messed with my head, and I think I staked my ego on her returning my attraction.
I kept text communication brief, only contacting to ask her out-- literally just "Hey, let's go do this here at this time" to which she would say "sounds great!" and little else. We went on two dates, the second on a Wednesday that ended in a makeout in the parking lot. She texted me how great a time she had when she got home, and then again the next day just shooting the ****. I waited till Saturday via text to ask her to do something we'd talked about on the second date, and she replied 6 hours later with "I have plans tomorrow to hang with friends" with no counter offer. I said "Nice, have fun." And did not ask her out again or say anything else. Radio silence for the last three days.
She is a 27 year old and is undoubtedly hounded on instagram, OLD, and snapchat all the time from admirers. My gut tells me she won't reach out to me.
I've read several threads on here and have seen good debate on whether its worth pursuing girls with low IL. In this case, if someone you perceive as high value doesn't counter-offer on a third date attempt, is it worth it to even offer again or just ghost? On one hand, I want to preserve my ego by ghosting. On the other, she is the girl I've been most attracted to in the last two years and I don't want to let it go if there's a chance. Either way, I understand the importance of options both for my own psychological benefit and for exuding non-neediness, so I'll continue to spin plates.
After two years of spinning plates and enjoying the company of women (previously in three year relationship and a two year before that), I met a girl and slipped right back into a beta mindset. She's the best looking girl I've went out with, which messed with my head, and I think I staked my ego on her returning my attraction.
I kept text communication brief, only contacting to ask her out-- literally just "Hey, let's go do this here at this time" to which she would say "sounds great!" and little else. We went on two dates, the second on a Wednesday that ended in a makeout in the parking lot. She texted me how great a time she had when she got home, and then again the next day just shooting the ****. I waited till Saturday via text to ask her to do something we'd talked about on the second date, and she replied 6 hours later with "I have plans tomorrow to hang with friends" with no counter offer. I said "Nice, have fun." And did not ask her out again or say anything else. Radio silence for the last three days.
She is a 27 year old and is undoubtedly hounded on instagram, OLD, and snapchat all the time from admirers. My gut tells me she won't reach out to me.
I've read several threads on here and have seen good debate on whether its worth pursuing girls with low IL. In this case, if someone you perceive as high value doesn't counter-offer on a third date attempt, is it worth it to even offer again or just ghost? On one hand, I want to preserve my ego by ghosting. On the other, she is the girl I've been most attracted to in the last two years and I don't want to let it go if there's a chance. Either way, I understand the importance of options both for my own psychological benefit and for exuding non-neediness, so I'll continue to spin plates.