Is it true guys are mean to girls they like?

[Lalalove11]

What are, in your opinion, the reasons for a guy to be rude or mean to a girl they clearly like and are trying to flirt with? Is it to maintain emotional distance, to avoid getting hurt?

[SnowedIn]

I think some are, particularly much younger guys/boys. But not all.

[Anonymous]

Maybe in some occasions such as being jealous, but I won't really call it on par with "liking" her.

[Stressyalaire]

Teasing, I think counts as a suitable behavior for guys liking a girl but not actually being mean.

[OnTheLevel]

That was a thing in Jr High, but adults don't do that crap.

[Lalalove11]

Well it's weird this guy was mean to me but still expected us to cuddle and be intimate. Mixed messages

[OnTheLevel]

Or maybe he's just very immature.

[MadAndBankrupt]

If I like a feisty girl, yes.

I need to out my mark

[MadAndBankrupt]

Put*

[Paul_in_Indy]

When they are eight years old, yes.

[bowenw]

In grade school.

[LiamJHayden]

Lack of maturity.

[msc545]

Untrue for anyone over 6 years old

[melanieeeB]

Nope.

[Echosoul]

I would never

[ThomasDavid1989]

Immature men