I was given this piece of advice by a friend of mine who by my account has done pretty well for himself in the world of romance. He dated so very lovely, kind and respectful girls from high school to adulthood and is now married to a lovely lady with 2 kids. After discussing my struggles in the realm of love and romance, he revealed to me that I prefer to take a more "nonchalant," approach to love and that might be a part of the problem. According to him, many women like to keep their cards close to their chest and are only willing to reveal their preferences in what they believe is a safe environment. This is because in her mind, the best case scenario of her revealing interest to someone who isn't interested in her is you just end up just ignoring her and the worst case scenario is that you use it to manipulate her. With that being the case, you flirting with any woman you are romantically interested in gives all interested women an opportunity to come out as well.
While this advice does sound logical, it seems to contradict most of what I've heard because traditionally, the average woman is already being bombarded by men and so indifference can be employed to stand out.
So which is it? Should I flirt with every woman I am interested in dating or take up another approach?
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