Mr. Powers wrote:
Back when I was a teen and a young man girls always wanted to date me exclusively; meaning girls wanted to be my girlfriend (girls I met during the daytime).
I was, frankly, very annoyed with that. Especially some that were very pushy and downright annoying in that respect.
I honestly think that kinda pushed me very far into my shell which I pretty much closed for good; and haven't been able to open despite wanting to these past few years.
But an article on Reddit made me realize that I could have been at a fault - a guy with the same problem as I had posted and a commenter pretty much said it was because he never teased them, and always answered them with a straight answer. Like if a girl would ask him what his parents did for a living he would answer and tell the truth, instead of saying, for example, "Oh, my mother's a stripper and my dad's a drug dealer".
I've always been stupendously honest and a "do-right" kinda person, so answering in that regard never crossed my mind.
But what about you guys - what have your experiences been?
Surely there are girls out there who don't like playing silly quasi-flirty conversational games -- wouldn't it be easier to date them instead? Like, girls inclined to like you as you are?