the games men play. . .
Tuesday, November 14, 2006“why can’t they just be direct?” damon syson reveals why he’s messing with your mind..
in the old days, women were often accused of being irrational..”ladies never say what they really think’, men would grumble, accusing their partners of being capricious, flighty and thoroughly unpredictable..making sense of a woman, according to most chaps, was as easy as herding cats..
but as with so many things in modern life, the gender roles appear to have reversed..women-once responsible for mood-swings, mind-games and all-around emotional manipulation – are increasingly keen on cutting out the nonsense, rolling up their sleeves and getting on with a relationship..”these days,” one woman say, “i believe honesty is the best policy..if I meet a guy and like him, I tell him I like him and hope he likes me back..i can’t be bothered with all that “playing hard to get” rubbish anymore..”
what a blessed relief, you might think..unfortunately, in the meantime, men – those straightforward, direct, honest creatures – have transformed into bigger game-players than women ever were..thes days, getting a man to express what he really thinks is like getting a straight answer out of a politician..
the first and most obvious way men play games is by not phoning/texting/turning up when they said they would..admittedly, this is often simply because we are lazy, forgetful and are easily distracted (usually by food, sport, tv, other women etc) but increasingly, men use being frustrating incommunicado as a deliberate ploy to make ourselves seem more desirable..it’s our version of playing hard to get..
in our defense, there is some evidence that suggest that certain women bring out this sort of behavior in men..if a guy gets an inkling that you’re the tricksy, high-maintenance type of gal, he might decide that pre-emptive strike is in order..he will start playing games first in order to have the upper hand..this is because he read in some silly men’s mag that “in the battle of the sexes, attack is the best form of defense.”
