A lot of guys will say a woman will make things easy if they’re really into you, and there is definitely truth to that.
But a lot of women also don’t want to come off as too easy either. They want to know a guy is into them enough that he’ll go get what he wants too. So sometimes playing things too aloof is no good either.
Balance.
I totally agree.
I dont want to add anything to your post, but I do want to clarify something for guys on here who struggle with this.
Man shows interest/intent.
Intent is to hang out/go for drinks/date/etc
Man invites woman out/over/etc
Woman says yes AND shows up. Win win situation and handled correctly.
But IF:
Man invites woman out
Woman cannot make that time and counter offers another day and time
Man agrees, woman says yes AND shows up. Win win situation and handled correctly.
The 2 areas that low interest gets confused with playing "hard to get":
1.) Man doesnt ask woman out. Maybe man waits forever and woman's interest level was once high enough to go out with him but after the man not leading and setting the date for weeks, she lost interest. Therefore she still shows SOME interest but has no plans to go out with him since he didnt have a strong enough frame to ask her out directly and early on in the beginning.
2.) Man ask woman out and she gives him a "maybe", "Probably", "we'll see", etc. other than a YES or a specific counter offer. Man continues to show woman attention even though she is not doing anything to deserve said attention. So man is chasing a low/no interest woman
who uses the man for attention/validation with no intent to ever go out with him and certainly is not sexually attracted to him. That is the main pitfall.
Want to know where you stand? Ask her to meet up for drinks. Let her answer dictate where the situation goes. If she says YES (and shows up), you are good. Then you just have to be chill yet social and let her come to you.
If she gives you the run around when you ask her out, disappear. If she was playing hard to get, she will quickly reappear on your radar and make things very easy if you chose to take another stab at it.
Most guys wont ask the woman out directly and early on because they dont want to get rejected.
I would rather find out very early on because I have no time to waste to figure out if the interest is mutual or not.
Its set the date, she shows up and we go from there or I am gone.