Harry Wilmington
Master Don Juan
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Well then, allow me to explain it to ya!pyros said:I know the text sucks. I don't know why I contacted her after she ignored my previous text, I don't know why I asked her out for TODAY, what a mess.
But first: understand that all the guys giving you advice here have been in your shoes before. You like a girl, you think you're showing her a good time on these dates, they're hitting you up constantly... and then, out of nowhere, she changes up. And you're left wondering "WHAT THE F--K HAPPENED??"
And so, rather than seeing the situation and going, "eh, oh well, on to the next person..." Your ego gets involved. And your ego tells you that you're such a GREAT person, that she MUST want you. And that the things you're seeing her do can't possibly mean she's uninterested.
In fact, what your brain/ego ends up doing next is similar to the 6 stages of grief. No, really, think about it - what are the six stages?
1. SHOCK
Your ego can't understand how she would go from "all signals go" to "possibly a no" so quickly. Your brain doesn't want to believe it's happening. This leads to stage number 2...
2. DENIAL
Your ego tells you that what you're seeing isn't true. "Oh, she didn't call you back after your third message? She's just busy! It's not that she doesn't like you, of course she does! You guys had such a great time on your dates - something must have come up, that's all!"
3. ANGER
After 3 or 4 more tries (or many, many more tries for some guys), you start to lash out (which is what you're doing now on these boards). "I can't believe she'd do this," your ego tells you, "she's such a tease and a slvt! How DARE she go out with me and then not answer my calls! The least she could have done is told me what I did, but NOOOOOOOO!"
4. BARGAINING
After the anger phase, your ego says, "Hmm, maybe I'll try to hit her up ooooooone or twoooooo more times to see if she'll go out." To do this, the ego tries to think of ways to phrase things that will make her respond with a "yes" answer. Thus, your attempt at trying to ask her if she was busy BEFORE asking her to do an activity. The way you go about it is an attempt to bargain with her - "Okay, if she says she's not busy today, it means I can try and get her on a date, and I'll use the pool idea as a way to do that."
5. GRIEVING
I know, it sounds dumb that we'd "grieve" over a girl we've only been out with a few times. But still... the ego wants what it wants, and when it can't have it, it can cause you to feel depressed because you know, somewhere in the back of your mind, that you have to let her go. And it can be tough because the brain is very powerful - it can set up imagined scenarios that feel real but aren't, and in the case of dating women your brain can map out an entire future with a girl that hasn't happened yet but still feels like it could be a reality. The ego hates the idea of having to let that "real "future go, and so facing that reality can have you going through mood swings, or switching between really hating all women and wanting to have one... quite frustrating. Luckily, with time you get to stage number 6...
6. ACCEPTANCE
This is when your ego finally says, "Well, I tried, it didn't work, she didn't want me so it is what it is... on to the next girl!"
Depending on your dating experience, as well as your level of self-esteem, these stages can be moved through at different paces. I'm at the point in my dating life where the time it takes me to get from the "SHOCK" stage to the "ACCEPTANCE" stage is less than a week. The secret is training yourself to recognize a situation for what it is and not taking it so personally. You'll still go through each stage, but you won't make stupid moves like hitting a girl up when she hasn't responded to you in 3 days, or asking out a girl that's clearly no longer interested in you. Hope this helps!