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The Importance of Playing Hard To Get When Dating

Written by Lynn Loop

Topic: DatingPublished January 19, 2013
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Today I would like to discuss the critical importance of playing hard to get when dating women. The reason for this is fairly simply and should be followed by just about anyone in the dating pool that has a breathing pulse.
We want to play hard to get because almost all people in the real world tend to want what they can’t have in life. It is a part of life and human nature. In fact, life has been this way since the beginning of time.
Let’s take a look at a few ways that we can easily play hard to get with the people that we are interested in.

1. Don’t be at your phone all the time.
Nothing will drive the person who is interested in you crazier than when you do not answer the phone for a while, or do not text the person back right away. When this inconvenience happens, the person who likes you will start to wonder in their own mind whether or not you are interested in them.
This is a very good thing because it gives the person in question time to realize that he or she does in fact have very strong feeling for you. By the time you make your way to the phone, and pick it up for a quick phone call, or to reply to the text message that was sent an hour ago, the other person will feel absolutely thrilled and more than relieved. So keep this strategy a part of your dating life at all times.

2. Don’t be available every single night.
It is not flattering to the other person when they know that they can hang out with you any time that they want to. This will result in that person making plans whenever he or she wants with friends, knowing that you will always be a back up that is on reserve.
It is more than okay to be available a decent amount of time, but don’t cave in to the persons every whim when you first start dating them. This is not a good thing and will only set you up to be taken for granted by that person.

3. Don’t be a pushover.

Too many men out there become yes men who do whatever a girl asks them and act however they think women want them to act. They do this in the hopes that women will see that they are nice guys who would make great boyfriends.

Even though this might be the case, there is no bigger turn off to most women than men who act like they are nothing but pushovers early on in the dating process. Women want men who have a strong backbone and can stand up for themselves. They may not agree with everything the man is saying, but they will respect the person.

By not acting like pushovers, we are showing that we are not entirely available, are not afraid to explore other options, and in a sense, are playing hard to get. Weak men who have no other options do whatever women say. Men who have options, show that they have backbones.

Bottom line of this article: Keep yourself in demand and play hard to get. The results may just pay off!

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