Why would a guy try to make a girl jealous intentionally?

[Anonymous]

To make a very long story short, I thought this guy was interested in me (he showed signs) so I decided to make the first move and talk to him. We hung out twice, and we ended hooking up. After that he ghosted for a few weeks, then all of a sudden started talking to me again. So I told him that I wasn’t interested in a hookup, and he told me that he didn’t know what he wanted, but wouldn’t mind getting to know me better. Anyway, we never talked after that. When the semester started, he would literally avoid me in person, but he added me on social media. Fast forward to this semester, I’ve blocked him on all of my social media, and I’m trying my best move on, but he’ll get in my proximity, and flirt with other girls. As if being ghosted after hooking up with a guy isn’t hurtful enough. It’s kind of like him nonverbally saying, “you weren’t good enough, but this girl is.” I know he’s intentionally doing this because he smirks when he does it around me. To be honest, it hurts and it makes me feel of a lesser value. What do I do?

[razelove]

It sounds like both of you were playing games. He played games with you, wanted to get back together, or hook up again, you knew that was all he wanted, so you played games with him. Over 2 semesters, that's over half a year to be ships passing in the night.

So, as to what you do, you don't play the game. You obviously care about him and want him, yet you pushed him away. He obviously has feelings for you, or there wouldn't be games, also there's the possibility that there are no games, and he's just happy with who he's with.

Don't play games, be straight up. Tell him this bugs you, tell him you notice it, and make some distance yourself if it bugs you. This isn't a "stand your ground" situation, he rejected you, came back asking, you rejected him. Now you're bothered that he doesn't want you. Don't play the game. Tell him it's petty, and he can do better, you can do better, let him flirt with susie sas a lot, and move somewhere else, do something else.

Why would you stick around?

[Asker]

I didn’t play any games. I told him that I was not looking for a hookup, and I continued to ask if he wanted to just hangout, but he ghosted me.

[Laozi]

Ignore him. Focus on your studies. Find a hobby if you haven't already found one. Let your smile be the answer for his smirk (which will show him that you don't care how many girls he get. He don't even exist for you). Also pretend that you don't even know him. Wear a poker face when you see him. It'll kill all his joy.

[Asker]

We have the same major and he’s in most of my classes...

[Laozi]

You don't have to be far from him to ignore him. Let him be there. Just be a stranger to him. Look there are many people in your class. Do they bother you. No. Because you don't know them. Apply it here. You don't know him. Treat him like that. Focus your mind on other things and he'll be disappear from your life.

[Asker]

Thank you!

[Laozi]

You're Welcome😊

[btbc92]

He just wants control. Just ignore him, he's not worth your low self esteem. Healthy people don't do those toxic things. You are worthy. He's the one of lessor value. Your college education is more important than imbeciles like that.

[winterfox10]

You just give him the white wall. He's trying to screw with you as payback for moving on from him. He wants you to react.

[Asker]

But he’s the one who ghosted me and “forced” me to move on. He’s just acting strange and I don’t know why

[winterfox10]

STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. The guy is a mess.

[crazy8000]

Trigger feelings is one part.
Make you invest more thaught.
Make him more interesting because others want him.
Make a point she can loos him to someone else if she doesn't have what's needed or treat him right.

There are more detailed psychology behind what I mentioned and some other's. also what kind of individuals it works on.

[Lunatic1]

He is trying to make you chase him, don't give him the satisfaction.

[Texaskid1]

Young people play a lot of mind games like that but you grow out of it as you get older.

[Dkc123]

Or may be he's trying to move on too with being different girls!!

[bulletbob555]

Well I think you should do the same to him. Might end up with someone that will really piss him off

[Asker]

But why do you think he’s doing this?

[bulletbob555]

Hard to say. May be he thinks you weren't interested he's trying to make You want him. Like I said who knows

[Samhanks]

He's just trying to prove his assumed superiority to boost his ego !

[Anonymous]

Isn't this literally something that women do tho. Sounds more like stupid people