One of the girls I'm seeing now was married for 10+ years and is out sleeping with other men (including me) because she says he "doesn't care about her". I think I became her favorite though because she always makes time to see me, and initiates contact even if it's literally for a "hi and bye". We make fun of the other guys that hit up her phone. Literally. One of them is an older rich guy with a boat and we were talking about pretending to be brother and sister so we could hang out on it, then laughed about how awkward and funny it would be if I made out with my "sister" in front of him. It was all jokes ofc, but this is literally how most girls think. I'm framed myself (at least with this chick) to fall in the Group 1 category of OPs posts. I don't show jealousy, and literally make it known that I "expect" that kind of behavior from her. I already knew it from the beginning and seeing other red flags.. so trying to be mono with her was never an option. My only thing is she can't get jealous if I do the same thing. Honestly, a lot of what I read in this thread (from both sides) seems to ring true, and my current situation seems to be a great example of that. At this point, I don't even think she wants to fool around with anyone else.. just me, but she keeps guys around for validation/attention or "on the back burner just in case", because I've already proven to her that I have other options and can easily walk away. It's this constant state of anxiety that they crave from HV men.