"Decisiveness" is said to be an attractive feature in men. He's supposed to know what he wants, especially when it comes to his relationship with a woman, say he wants it, and then accept whatever results from his boldness. But what exactly constitutes decisiveness?
This is more complicated than people think. I don't disagree that it's good for a guy to be decisive, but decisiveness isn't magic. When confronted with the statement that "if he doesn't want to ask her out, then he doesn't truly love her," he can ask himself if that statement is relevant. In a lot of cases if a guy "asks a girl out" the two don't really know each other, but could go out to open-mindedly get to know each other. But since he doesn't know her, he's not in a position to decide whether or not he "loves" her. He can decide whether or not he's physically attracted to her, but from what I hear that isn't entirely what girls want when they say they want "love" or the guy to be "decisive on whether or not he loves her." Give him a chance to get to know you, then when he's actually in a position to decide, then decisiveness is on him. I'm not gonna blindly buy a car without test driving it just for the sake of being decisive, nor am I gonna just not buy a car. I'm gonna test drive a car, decide if I want it, and if so, buy it.
This is also the girl's opportunity to do the same thing. Get to know him and see if he's the kind for her.
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A good relationship won't begin by mechanising decisiveness. I've been deeply bored by partners who expect me to be making all the desicions.
You should both be trying to enrich each other with ideas. If it's one sided, the relationship is doomed.
Errm, the problem is that people are not decisive, I'm not sure how this can be only a "guy" thing... Unless we agree with stereotypes...
The point here is that society expect men to be decisive, which is reasonable, but the right circumstances have to be present for decisiveness to be possible