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You know, after observing men and women, I've come to a certain conclusion. Men and women simply communicate differently. Women communicate a lot with emotion and body language, I stead of being blunt and up front. That's just how women are. And they are more sensitive to that sort of communication as well. Men, however, are rarely good at that and are generally upfront. And... As fate would have it, both sides expect the other to be like them. Not all women "play mind games", they just don't understand why a man cannot understand what she thinks she is very clearly communicating because she herself excels at that form of communication, so the assumption is "if he can't understand the obvious, he must either not care or not be listening", and to the woman that's frustrating. I myself have been accused of being manipulative and beating around the bush at times when I thought I was communicating quite clearly.
By the way these traits aren't always strictly men/women thing. It's a spectrum, and it's just more common for women to be on one end and men the other, that tends to be how our brains are. But it can still range to the point where there are some couples on completely opposite sides to that. It's still not that abnormal but more rare.
I don’t think women have a monopoly on mind games. I do however believe that we are better at it than men. Guys played the type of Mind Games early in the relationship they lie and say that they own a company and they’ve just developed a new app app, or that there’s some kind of royalty back in their home country or that they earn more than they do. None of which matters to me I have my own money in. We on the other hand tend to do the whole, when you ask us what’s wrong we say “nothing“ when there really is but that one I think is mostly because we don’t want an argument. Now, why do we say “nothing“ instead of simply being honest and saying “look I don’t wanna have an argument right now so let’s just drop it “ I have no idea why we do that! I guess it’s one of those things where if you love her, you just man-up and deal with it.
i think it’s just women’s nature to shit test men to see what they’ll tolerate til u put ur foot down. Women don’t want a guy that’s a pushover or pussy whipped so even if she’s mad at u in the short term she’ll respect u for not giving her an inch cuz if u do that she’ll take a mile. Both of those scenarios sounds like she’s testing u to see if u’ll supplicate to her behavior. If she’s mad cuz u couldn’t tell she was in a bad mood then tell her to go be in a bad mood by herself it’s not your problem and if she is mad you didn’t get her food after she clearly said she didn’t want any than tell her she’s just being a fussy bitch and she can get her own food from now on.
That's formally called a "shit test." Seriously look up "shit test" and will describe exactly what you're talking about. Women do it to see how much shit you'll put up with. Between dudes it's called ballbusting and it's more of a joke and it's only to see whos the whiner and complainers in a sort of pecking order sort of thing. It can get annoying with females though because you might pass a shit test and then there is another one, and another one... it doesn't end. Some do it more than others, but you're going to run into it with any female... eventually.
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Keep in mind you are only talking about one half of the problem.
It’s button pressing. We all do it on a certain level in relationships. Even if we don’t mean it and the other person knows. We as humans all have off days, even if rarely. We all have days we need space and don’t have it, and other things that can trigger too.
They do it because they can. Everything is a designed test that you'll fail miserably. Welcome to having relationships with women. If you can figure out why they do what they do, for anything, you'll win the grand prize. What that is, I don't know, cause no man has ever seen it, or won it. Good luck.
If i got mad, i man up and put him in to his place. I have never ever understood these mind games. I can understand too an extent when he seriously hurts her and acts like nothing happens and therefore she does not talk to him and he thinks she is playing mind games-i personally would no do that and so i would hurt him the same way he hurt me
The food rage is real XD
But in all seriousness, I have had a few arguments with my boyfriend as he has done stuff differently that I would like, but it is rare if I'm angry about something that I'm directly angry at him
It's poor communication on someone's part. Some people do that as their own way of signaling to their partner something is wrong or they want you to do something. Yes women have done this to me but I've been told some guys do it too. If you want a successful relationship, then talking to each other about everything is super important. Non verbal "body language" isn't an effective way to tell your partner something. You have to be a bigger person and speak up!
I have no idea the REAL reason/issue behind it, but I will say I paid enough attention to my ex girlfriend that I learned her cues.. So it was a breeze after I learned everything.. I’m also really good at paying attention to nonverbal body language.
Because she wants to FEEL he's paying attention. Not all women do this, but women want to FEEL connected. And feeling connected goes beyond exchanging words back and forth.
Mind games are a form of indirect, nonverbal communication which women are naturally good at as it gives plausible deniability and non confrontationally in case of things going badly for the woman.
You don't know a lot of women. So stop with the generalizations. Your mindset is the reason why your relationship is screwed up. She plays games with u bc u allow it
Cuz a lot of women can’t fathom wing supportive and encouraging men only complaining and expectations that don’t go both ways.
Moral of the story: whenever you see your girl sitting on the couch, bring her tea and pastry. Full stomach happy stomach
My parents have been married for 21 years and they still do this. You would think that they've learned to communicate but no. It's so annoying. Like mom if you're hungry just say it. and dad just assume she is. I don't know
I can't stand when you ask a woman a question and they don't answer and just automatically expect you to know the answer.
Get used to it. It doesn't magically go away unfortunately.
Woman actually react better to romantic cues when they are on a full stomach, it's new studies, search it up, I found out about this a few days ago
Because many women believe this is normal interaction
Lots of reasons. Listen reinforce you love and the words ‘yes dear’ work wonders.
Because she hasn't had enough men hold her accountable for bullshit behavior
That’s exactly what I am , Lmaooo 😂. I just feel like if I get mad why can’t you tryna talk to me or try to make me not mad at you!!
Why are a lot of men so bad with nonverbal communication?
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