Hey all. I'll try to keep this brief as it's a simple question, but some background might be necessary.
There's a girl I know at work. Cute, friendly, holds up a feisty image in public but is quite sweet/submissive with a man she respects, in private. Can have strong emotions though. We had an on/off relationship for a while, I finally cut things off, more or less saying I needed a relationship of a more stable, consistently high caliber, emotionally and physically. I told her it could even be with her if she could demonstrate to me that she could form such a relationship in the future, but that I wouldn't wait around for that to happen.
Anyways. The relationship failed in part because of how beta I was. I acknowledged it, I'm changing that hardcore right now, but it is a work in progress. All the girls I work with love it when I pay attention to them now, and laugh a lot, and say how much different I am lately, so I guess I'm getting somewhere.
The girl I described above is kinda confused now. She seems fairly attracted to me at times, but seems to be resisting it. That's not surprising; she's trying to let me 'move on,' and she's thinking about dating some other dude. But the chemistry is strong. I'm starting to recognize most(?) **** tests, and 'pass' maybe 70% of the time. But she keeps on asking me to do little things for her around the office - i.e, can you watch the checkin while I run to the back, will you fix my computer, will you carry my cup my hands are full - stuff like that. I feel like it's a **** test, and I fail every time because I'm not sure how to refuse or reframe - refusing straight up might work for a new girl, but I don't have a reputation for being a jackass so I can't really do that without looking like I'm forcing it. And she usually knows when I'm not urgently busy, so no excuse there. Just feel like this makes me look like I'm (still) her ***** - I was for quite a while, ha.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
There's a girl I know at work. Cute, friendly, holds up a feisty image in public but is quite sweet/submissive with a man she respects, in private. Can have strong emotions though. We had an on/off relationship for a while, I finally cut things off, more or less saying I needed a relationship of a more stable, consistently high caliber, emotionally and physically. I told her it could even be with her if she could demonstrate to me that she could form such a relationship in the future, but that I wouldn't wait around for that to happen.
Anyways. The relationship failed in part because of how beta I was. I acknowledged it, I'm changing that hardcore right now, but it is a work in progress. All the girls I work with love it when I pay attention to them now, and laugh a lot, and say how much different I am lately, so I guess I'm getting somewhere.
The girl I described above is kinda confused now. She seems fairly attracted to me at times, but seems to be resisting it. That's not surprising; she's trying to let me 'move on,' and she's thinking about dating some other dude. But the chemistry is strong. I'm starting to recognize most(?) **** tests, and 'pass' maybe 70% of the time. But she keeps on asking me to do little things for her around the office - i.e, can you watch the checkin while I run to the back, will you fix my computer, will you carry my cup my hands are full - stuff like that. I feel like it's a **** test, and I fail every time because I'm not sure how to refuse or reframe - refusing straight up might work for a new girl, but I don't have a reputation for being a jackass so I can't really do that without looking like I'm forcing it. And she usually knows when I'm not urgently busy, so no excuse there. Just feel like this makes me look like I'm (still) her ***** - I was for quite a while, ha.
Any suggestions? Thanks!