TheSolitaryMan
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putter65 said:All good points. I may come to my senses soon.
Last year I was besotted with this other woman. I sent her text after text and she hardly replied. She played me for a mug, asking me to work overtime in her shop and then saying she would spend time with me (playing golf of all things) - Most of the times we were due to play golf she would be ill or tired or something like that. I worked crazy overtime shifts for her and she used me. I did this for 6 months or so and then it was a switch going off in my head and I stopped. Now I don't bother with her. (She in fact sends texts to me now asking me how I am)
The point is I seem to have a flaw in my character where I cling onto people. The same is happening with this new woman. They may be a time when I suddenly think 'what am I doing here ?'
It hasn't happened yet. I am not planning on having a relationship with her. All she is to me now is a casual friend who I am going to send text messages to every now and again.
I hope that makes sense !
It does
It's quite easy to get swept up emotionally and overlook the cold, hard facts sometimes. I've sort of felt it myself.
I don't know this woman personally of course, but to me...the whole thing just sounds like a bad idea. Even being "friends", I'm not sure I would want a friend who had roughed up my emotions like that in the past.
There are women out there who will be amazing and genuinely loyal friends and possibly even more than that. The key thing is to realise you still have a lot of time and not be desperate for female attention.
While I'm not saying you are desperate, desperation is the worst thing you can fall into in this sort of situation.
It'll make you miss obvious emotional traps and your sense of intuition regarding dishonesty will be warped. From there you're on a one-way ticket to emotional unhappiness and manipulative relationships.
I'm only 20 myself, but for what it's worth, I find the best way to get attention from really kind and genuine girls is just to talk to them like you're not even looking for a relationship and just want a friend.
That usually screens out the manipulative girls who just want to control your feelings, gets rid of any desperation or pressure between the both of you and you'll get to know her better too.
Anyway, back specifically to your situation.
I'd suggest you make sure you feel like you can confront this woman before you get too cosy with her again, even as friends.
By confront, I mean don't sit there and just take it when she's trying to make you feel bad or twisting the facts. You need to judge what she's saying, and if you feel or know it to be bullshit, say so.
It's not bad to stand up to people like that, or rude, or selfish. It's logical and respectable.
Next time she starts telling you she's "disgusted" with your behaviour, for example, tell her to f*** off! She has absolutely zero right to talk to you like that when you've done nothing wrong.
I'd go as far as to say any woman that treated me like that would never hear from me again. Her friendship would be worth nothing - what nerve it takes to turn things around so falsely.
I think if you were harsher in situations like that, you may gain her real respect. It'd be interesting to see if she still wanted to be "friends", once you point out empirically that you feel what she did is wrong.
Feel free of course to ignore what I'm saying here, it's all 100% your choice. I just don't like seeing decent people get hurt and I think you'd be wise to proceed with real caution