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<blockquote data-quote="Teflon Billy" data-source="post: 2780954" data-attributes="member: 264"><p>Then you might as well pack it in, because to one degree or another <em>all</em> women play mind games.</p><p></p><p>I don't even mean that maliciously, it's just the way things are done. the mind games you are talking about let a girl get a "feel" for how you would play out as a romantic partner while leaving her with an "out" should she decide against it.</p><p></p><p>You don't like that. Understood.</p><p></p><p>It's not going away. Hope you understand.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, as one of "those guys", let me confirm for you that yes, indeed, the interactions occasionally go somewhere serious.</p><p></p><p>But that's not (or shouldnt be) the only acceptable goal. I prefer to think of the entire business as a continuum. some girls I will date casually, those with whom I stay for awhile are treated more seriously, further up the ladder=more serious. </p><p></p><p>Just because a dalliance didn't result in a lifelong committment doesn't mean it was an abject failure. It was what it was.</p><p></p><p>In a similar thread to this ages ago, someone was describing how counter-productive my behaviour was by saying something like "Jerks get the girl, but the nice guys get the loving wife" or something.</p><p></p><p>That's wrong. Something closer to the truth (and more applicable to this thread's idiom) is "Game players get the girl, and can choose how to proceed from there".</p><p></p><p>If you don't get the girl to begin with, you aren't going to "get serious" or whatever your goal is. You will be stuck at the starting line, getting more desperate, and more self-righteously indignant with every passing night.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Turning personality flaws into points of pride is one of the oldest dodges in the book.</p><p></p><p>"Miserable, but REAL" is a great recipe for becomeing a cranky, lonely old virgin, complaining about women and pretending you are OK with the fact that you are alone.</p><p></p><p>If you are actually Ok with beng alone--while admitting that it makes you miserable (ike you did above)--then I think you are probably a masochist.</p><p></p><p>No judgements being made there, but it's not a kink I think most folks would substitute for a fun relationship. </p><p></p><p>And it's even sadder if it's not choice, but really your only viable option because you won't "play the game"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teflon Billy, post: 2780954, member: 264"] Then you might as well pack it in, because to one degree or another [i]all[/i] women play mind games. I don't even mean that maliciously, it's just the way things are done. the mind games you are talking about let a girl get a "feel" for how you would play out as a romantic partner while leaving her with an "out" should she decide against it. You don't like that. Understood. It's not going away. Hope you understand. Well, as one of "those guys", let me confirm for you that yes, indeed, the interactions occasionally go somewhere serious. But that's not (or shouldnt be) the only acceptable goal. I prefer to think of the entire business as a continuum. some girls I will date casually, those with whom I stay for awhile are treated more seriously, further up the ladder=more serious. Just because a dalliance didn't result in a lifelong committment doesn't mean it was an abject failure. It was what it was. In a similar thread to this ages ago, someone was describing how counter-productive my behaviour was by saying something like "Jerks get the girl, but the nice guys get the loving wife" or something. That's wrong. Something closer to the truth (and more applicable to this thread's idiom) is "Game players get the girl, and can choose how to proceed from there". If you don't get the girl to begin with, you aren't going to "get serious" or whatever your goal is. You will be stuck at the starting line, getting more desperate, and more self-righteously indignant with every passing night. Turning personality flaws into points of pride is one of the oldest dodges in the book. "Miserable, but REAL" is a great recipe for becomeing a cranky, lonely old virgin, complaining about women and pretending you are OK with the fact that you are alone. If you are actually Ok with beng alone--while admitting that it makes you miserable (ike you did above)--then I think you are probably a masochist. No judgements being made there, but it's not a kink I think most folks would substitute for a fun relationship. And it's even sadder if it's not choice, but really your only viable option because you won't "play the game" [/QUOTE]
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