BeExcellent
Master Don Juan
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Advice from the old lady:no. Manipulation I can handle like I did. That’s not the problem. The problem is if a girl nexts me even though I have a backbone. I need some trick or technique to smooth things over without turning my back on my principles.
Totally get not helping someone move who you just started seeing. It’s kind of inconsiderate frankly for her to ask you.
But. You have to deliver the news a little more delicately. From the context of your thread it seems that maybe you come off as too brusque or harsh in asserting your boundaries. That can be off putting. So my best guess is that this is a calibration issue.
All you have to say is “Gee. I already have commitments this weekend (or whatever) so I’m not able to help. Would be cool to see your new place once you get settled…”
You don’t explain what those commitments are and you deliver the news matter of factly like no big deal. You don’t apologize for being unavailable. You don’t flat out refuse (she will see this as rude/rejection which is why she has vanished…),
Your commitment could be to your video game. None of her beeswax. Point is you have other plans already that don’t include being her work horse.
Think about the WAY you relay information. If you are too rejecting/rude girls with think you are a prick and bail.
Pretty girls have lots of options who don’t come off that way.
So my suggestion is to consider a better way to communicate your boundaries without coming off like a jerk.