Alright, you PMed me for my take on this so lets get some basics down first.
First off, how old are you? Put an age on your profile or I'll be forced to put this thread into the Discussions forum and I'm sure no one participating up to this point wants that.
Now, down to business,..
New2Town said:
How do you handle women with a strong personality?
From catching up with this thread I can tell you right now you're not dealing with a woman who's got a "strong personality". This is her 'tuff broad' act. It's almost a b!tch shield, but based on her security needs and an inability to find absolute certainty that anyone but herself could provide it. This is precisely why she's OVERTLY determined to establish frame. Remember, women's native language is to be subtle and COVERT - they only resort to being blunt and OVERT when this fails them. When the importance of the message they're trying to communicate supersedes a woman's default, covert communication form, rest assured, she wants there to be no mistake in your understanding it. In this case she is screaming
"I'm never going to feel secure in an LTR unless I'm the primary!!!"
New2Town said:
I recently began dating this 25-year-old chick I met off Match.com and from the beginning I could tell it was going to be a tough shell to crack. She wouldn't give out her number since she said there are far too many psychos who do online dating, so I played into that by saying I have always wanted to be abducted and taped to a bed.
Strike One. Online dating is a
Buffer. So is your constant reliance on IM's, emails, and phone calls. There is NO substitute for direct, face-to-face, interpersonal communication. That's not to say it's not convenient or you have to be some ludite in the age of technology, but it is to say that the way you've been using it is contributing to your condition. In this instance it works both ways - you're both Buffering against rejection and she sees it as a convenience in her vetting process of finding a guy willing to enable her insecurity. If she were so concerned with online dating psychos why participate at all? Because even that is easier for her than direct communication.
New2Town said:
I went in for the kiss, obviously, got something, but she was like "YOU DON'T KNOW ME." Which I have to agree, I didn't really know her yet.
Strike Two. This was the first example of her need to control and your first example of acquiescing to it in doubting your confidence and resolve.
New2Town said:
We went outside to talk for a bit and then it came out. She said she's scared away tons of guys because of her strong personality and eventually called me out for having my "moves" be too rigid and not fluid enough.
Translation:
"I haven't generally been able to get any guys to play to my insecurities and give me the frame from the outset. You might do if you play to my frame and in the manner that would make me most comfortable"
New2Town said:
She said that is a folly of hers, but continues to tell me about her past.
And what past might that be? As far as I can tell you haven't elaborated on this yet in this thread. I'd be willing to venture a guess that she's been abused, raped, Daddy bailed on her,..etc.
New2Town said:
Turns out she wants a relationship, or PDA for that matter to be 70/30. 70 percent her/30 percent him.
Strike Three. Overtly declaring a need for frame control and in a specified quantity. You'd do better looking for a "quality" girl in a mental hospice at this stage.
New2Town said:
Near the end of the night, after she brushed her teeth and stuff, she said are you staying her or going home. I told her, "If I am staying on this couch, I have my own bed waiting for me, so I would leave if that's the case." She wavered for a bit saying I was playing mind games, but then I flat out told her that I was driving home and everything.
WFT? How the ƒuck are you at a point where she's brushing her teeth and doing all this preparation for bed stuff(and I mean sleeping)?!! This is high school sh!t, not what an adult does. I've been married for 12 years and I've seen my wife brush her teeth thousands of times. Never in my single or married life has this been a precursor for sex. You say this confused you, but you're already past the attraction stage at this point and moved into comfortable rapport. You never should've been in this situation; she should be brushing her teeth and putting on her jammies AFTER you've towled off from ƒucking her for the past 2 hours. That's what's confusing you.
New2Town said:
On the drive home, I really began to think that this chick has taken hold of the frame in this relationship and I am trying to pull it back.
From the outset you've been negotiating her desire and seeing very little in the way of any real reciprocation intimacy. She's already comfortable with you and is hoping you'll relent so she can ration out any intimacy she's comfortable giving YOU - not other guys she may meet, you in particular. You'll do, but only if you play up to her. How many more red flags do you need? The house is on fire brother, time to get out. You need to generate real options and stop it with this single, solitary woman.
Honestly, where do you realistically see this going? LTR? Are you now getting why the other guys she told you about bailed on her? Even idealistically, what's the best outcome you could expect from this woman? Do you think the sex she finally, begrudgingly, puts out will have been worth the months of litigation and qualifying negotiation you'll have to do? Are you so sex deprived and optionless that this would make it worth it?
NEXT.