"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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SayWhat

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Hi

I tend to behave strangely when I know a girl is interested or is my girlfriend.

From time to time I ignore her to try to get her to react to it: "why do you act like this", "don't you like me anymore".
To be honest, I would love it if she would start crying because I behave this way (I know, it's sick).

I don't know why I do this, I lost a girlfriend due to this and potential girlfriends as well. I lost my father when I was still a child, but I've thought a lot about it and can't see any connection between these two.

Can anyone help me? People who have this too?
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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SayWhat

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My father did not really leave me, he died. It's a form of leaving, but I guess it's not the same as that he just left us.

I don't really see the connection of him dying and me acting this way. Today I told my current girl I sometimes act this way (ignoring her to want a reaction) this could be related to this, she said it indeed could be due to this, but still, I can't see it.
 

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SayWhat said:
My father did not really leave me, he died. It's a form of leaving, but I guess it's not the same as that he just left us.

I don't really see the connection of him dying and me acting this way. Today I told my current girl I sometimes act this way (ignoring her to want a reaction) this could be related to this, she said it indeed could be due to this, but still, I can't see it.
Wow. Why the f*ck would you tell her that? You just gave her a silver bullet. Never reveal your thoughts and pour out your heart to a woman. It's very dangerous.
 

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Yeah you should stop doing that.
 

SayWhat

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I believe the opposite, I've had a couple of girls drop their panties because I was being open with them. And none of them ever held or used it against me.

Mark Manson - Models was a great book I read and where I learned this and really changed me for the better.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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SayWhat said:
I believe the opposite, I've had a couple of girls drop their panties because I was being open with them. And none of them ever held or used it against me.

Mark Manson - Models was a great book I read and where I learned this and really changed me for the better.
Ahh now I see what you mean. I thought you meant when you are with her in person you ignore her ha

Well ignoring them does get them thinking about you. Give her a little attention & then pull back. Girls hate it when you don't give them attention. You've gotta give them a little bit attention though SayWhat :)
 

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How about telling a girl you act different the whole week because you have had terrible news? I don't know about this one because she could think 'why won't he tell me?'.

But it is the reason, this news effects me so hard I want to be on my own, but then again I want her around.
 

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You're simply doing what girls do. Sh1t testing. You seek a strong woman who can look after you. If a woman can 'handle' you by not reacting to your little tests you will be interested in her.
 

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SayWhat said:
Hi

I tend to behave strangely when I know a girl is interested or is my girlfriend.

From time to time I ignore her to try to get her to react to it: "why do you act like this", "don't you like me anymore".
To be honest, I would love it if she would start crying because I behave this way (I know, it's sick).

I don't know why I do this, I lost a girlfriend due to this and potential girlfriends as well. I lost my father when I was still a child, but I've thought a lot about it and can't see any connection between these two.

Can anyone help me? People who have this too?
I've had this happen too. Due to some life stressors I had to retreat into the batcave for a week or two, get my stuff together. Problem is it can look like disinterest on your part and she may move on thinking you're no longer interested.
 

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You sound like a girl. That's how girls act. Basically listen to Sylvester he summed it up nicely.

But ultimately, at the root of it is insecurity. You do this because you are outcome dependent, and want to feel accepted and approved by the chick you're with in order to validate your own self-worth.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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Yeah purposely ignoring her or trying to upset her or make her cry is sh*t testing. If you legitimately have things going on that require your attention then so be it, but if you're doing it on purpose to get a reaction...that is a little girlish. Can't lie. At least you're aware of it so you can work to fix it.
 

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Ha funny, I've thought several times I was acting like a girl.

Yeah I'm aware of it for some time, but it still happens and I don't know how to fix it. Acting normal in that case is not possible as I simply don't know how I should do that at that moment...

And yeah I do have some serious stuff going on at the moment, I barely text her and see her because of this. I can't tell her what's going on yet, I find it's too personal at this early stage at the relationship. We'll see.

Thanks guys.
 
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