Could mean a lot of things.
Could mean he was in a relationship and it really screwed him over and so he's got a negative mindset toward such things.
Could mean he is just using you for sex and using that as an excuse to not be in a relationship with you, but still get the sex.
Could mean he doesn't really think you're interested so he's stealing himself against your possible rejection by thinking to himself negatively or something. That one might seem weird, but I've seen it. Confused the f*** outta me from my guy friend.
But ya, there are various reasons. Hard to say for sure.
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He's probably trying to be dark and mysterious, since actual guys who are "damaged goods" don't ever refer to themselves as being damaged goods.
Damaged goods could mean, for example, he has a mental illness like schizophrenia. Or a drug problem. Or has a compulsion to set fires. Or cuts himself. Or he has a criminal record.
But when a wannabe poser says he's damaged goods, he probably means his dad smacked him when he was a child, or his mom didn't understand him, or his last girl friend made him a miserable emo type.
He is not into you. I dated guy who claimed he is damaged goods for 6 months. Tried to get any affection from him and break through his shell. Nada. Having a bad break up in the past is not an excuse to treat me as sh-t. We all had been hurt at some point. He just did not liked me enough, that's it. But he needed my company at the time. So I dumped him. Move on. That guy is not into you. Guys are simple.
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Well there's only two kinds of damage: physical and emotional. Physical, I'd say that's pretty obvious. Something happened and he's got a scar or something bad.
Emotionally would mean he's already gotten his heart broken before and he might have issues with connecting, opening up, etc.It means that he has some emotional issue that would make a relationship with him difficult and perhaps unwise.
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