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Please help me understand women!

April Masini Relationship Advice Forum Relationship Advice Forum Please help me understand women!

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  • #1094
    Freddy
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    I recently had a very short stint with a woman and decided to move on. Her interest level seemed like it dropped in the second week, and I eventually got a 10 minute explanation, in great detail, about all this stuff going on in her life. It was mainly her talking about the final stages of getting rid of a house that was left to her after a divorce [that happened two years ago] and seemed to keep her X husband in her life over a loan or payments on the house […whatever]. It seemed like she loves/hates this guy and it makes her crazy to have to deal with all of it as well as a job that was making her crazy.

    I thought at the time it was weird that someone would go into that much detail just to give you the hint that they don’t want to see you romantically, and that maybe she was actually telling me the truth…maybe it had nothing to do with me…maybe she was not ready to go out with anyone.

    It’s not up to me to Psycho analyze someone…if they have excuses and are not finding time for you the natural response is to move on and find someone who wants to go out and who does show interest. So that’s what I did. 4 weeks later I get this text on my phone – “Hey, what’s up?” I thought it was some other woman and replied-“Nothing…you?” She replies –“Just hanging out.” I asked if it was her in a new text because I did not recognize the number and got no response. Then I called and got her voice mail.

    I texted the next day saying it was nice to hear from her and if she got the new job or moved in with her mother? She did get the new job, we texted back and forth a few times [I congratulating her etc]

    This is my question: Why would a woman show a decrease in interest, I get the hint and move on and after 4 weeks text me back to see what I am up to, then not answer the phone etc? It seems like she was thinking about me and wanted to see what I was doing but not talk to me directly? She texted me back/responded to all of my general questions over the next two days but did not lead on that she wanted to do anything?

    I have since stopped texting her and am left wondering why anyone would do this? I don’t understand Women at all. Wouldn’t you think that once a woman sees that a guy gets the hint and stops calling that she would be relieved? If she was thinking about me then why the inpersonal text? Why not pick up the phone? Why answer my texts for the next couple of days?

    #9658
    April Masini
    Keymaster

    Women are different creatures then men, and they behave differently. There are a couple of different reasons why the woman you’re asking about texted you after what you thought was a blow off.

    1. She could really have been involved in her divorce proceedings even after two years post divorce. Sometimes, and often, divorce proceedings continue on for years past the actual divorce date. So she could have been telling you the truth that she was really focused at the time, on extricating herself from a house she had with her ex-husband. It’s possible. And her giving you all the sordid details may just be her way of working through the divorce entrails. Lots of people who’ve gone through a divorce talk about it for years afterwards because that’s how long it takes for them to sort through it.

    2. More likely, however, is that once you “disappeared” from her radar, you became more attractive to her. I know, I know, you’re scratching your head, but the reality is many people want what they think they can’t have, and don’t want what they think is too easy to get. When you were available, you weren’t as attractive to her. But when you decided she wasn’t interested in you and moved on, she may have suddenly realized you were a man who can’t be controlled, and that made you all the more attractive to her!

    3. Possibly, she may have gotten lonely, and decided to stir the pot a little by seeing if you were still available. Sometimes people are driven by loneliness and a need to have someone more than the need to have the right someone. If she truly did extricate herself from her ex-husband, she may realize only since doing that that she’s lonely, and suddenly, you look more attractive to her. So she texted you to get back in contact.

    The reason for the impersonal text is because she knows that she’s the one initiating this “reunion” of sorts, and she doesn’t want it to look like she’s throwing herself at you. The impersonal nature of the text is her testing the waters to see where you stand and if you’re still interested. She doesn’t want to lay all her cards on the table if you’re going to reject her.

    The reason she texted instead of picked up the phone is because she’s scared that you’re going to reject her, and a text is less personal, so the sting of a possible rejection is less harsh on her. She knows on some level that she’s coming back to you hat in hand, and the text is her way of avoiding her about face.

    I hope that helps you decide whether or not you want to connect with her now.

    #9659
    Freddy
    Participant

    Actually April, it does help. I’ve got an idea…Thanks!

    #9826
    chonji36
    Participant

    Hi Dude,

    I’m kinda agree with April here to a degree, but understanding women is a time honoured mystery men have been trying to unravel forever!

    When you were dating this woman she saw you as a pet (for want of a better word) someone she could have influence over and could possibly control. As soon as you decided that dating her was not for you this tips the balance of her supposed seduction powers and to boost her ego she tests you out.

    First when you stop calling her ego is dented even though she never really wanted you, so to see if she could still attract you she starts to play the game. She waits to see if you’ll call you don’t so she texts you to see if you’ll bite and you do.

    She dosen’t really want to talk with you she just needs to no that she still holds some attraction power over you and texting is a great way to communicate without having to commit emotionally.

    #31834
    April Masini
    Keymaster

    Happy New Year! Let me know how things are going for you. 😉

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