Arkk said:
That is the problem, you do lose. You lose dignity and you lose confidence. You approached the situation with this girl from the beginning with a near sense of entitlement. You came off overbearing and needy.The biggest problem is while you are massively insecure, and you acknowledge this at least in theory, you almost try to hide it through your actions.You don"t come off that way from the correspondence you have shown us, but if you think she can"t pick up on it in person you are dead wrong.
I address some of what you posted further below, but the insecure thing I completely disagree. I"m not insecure in terms of my "worth" as an individual or potential mate. I"m a hell of a catch IMO. The only insecurity I have really is that I am not particularly confident when approaching females cold. However if I"m introduced, know her from somewhere else, or am meeting them from a dating website or something it isn"t an issue at all, I"m not insecure in any way, shape or form.
And I don"t know what you mean by approaching it with a sense of entitlement. I even stated here after sending the initial email that I wasn"t expecting all that much out of it, because I hadn"t picked up too many indications of interest from her at the wedding (mostly got it from Betty) and knew she was involved with someone. I didn"t feel entitled to anything and was pleasantly surprised I got a date out of the deal.
Dabamf said:
...qualification stuff...
That"s potentially some good info to think about, thanks. Still haven"t really read too much in to Magic Bullets, but meaning to. I more or less skimmed the first 6-7 chapters, but intend on going back to read more thoroughly.
Degrassi said:
While the text thing was a bad idea, and you did come off as some dude who Needy isnt enough to describe ..... sucks man. Some girls just arnt interested. From all the girls I have on facebook that live in canada, they all seem loose as fuck, so I am sure you"ll bounce back no prob. Just tell yourself, "if the bitch dont like me, then the bitch dont like men".
Heres the the next one.
I honestly think that you guys are reading in to it too much, or over exaggerating the "damage" it may have caused. As I said both on the first date and again on the phone she made numerous comments about me being direct, confident, ballsy etc. She also knows I"m a smartass and/or sarcastic a lot, which she picked up on in the texts. I honestly don"t believe she thinks I"m some needy loser. She most likely got a bit of a laugh and continued on her merry way.
As far as her not being interested, she obviously was enough to go out on a date with me despite being in a physical relationship with someone else. Unfortunately I didn"t knock her socks off and/or she re-considered her current relationship and decided to stick with it.
I certainly haven"t lost any dignity nor confidence. If anything it was boosted by this whole thing. She"s an extremely desirable girl in every respect, at least upon first blush, and she found me intriguing enough to give me a shot despite already being involved with someone. Of course that"s an ego boost, not that I particularly need one.
I really should call the ski trip girl pretty soon, since it"s been nearly 2 weeks since I saw her, but am somewhat hesitant as after talking with a couple buddies about it, I was extremely intoxicated and she didn"t appear to be too impressed. I don"t really remember much, other than getting her number. Should I just up and call her? Or start with a text? She was definitely interested in the past, we made out a bit on one trip before her stagette friends broke it up (bitches!).
Also my bud who manages a bar mentioned to one of his waitresses that he had a friend who was interested in her, and the next day she wanted him to bring me out for some drinks with her and a friend. She doesn"t know who I am or anything, we haven"t met, and all I had said to my bud was that she was pretty damn hot but otherwise hadn"t asked him to try to set anything up. But potentially could be fun, if not a lasting relationship (she"s 20 I think).