MIRROR VS MIRROR
hey its me again....another question...
I have been reading on many threads that a woman should mirror a man! So if he text, you text back, if he calls, you call back, if he goes into hiding you go into hiding too, if he waits 2 days to call you back, then you don't answer and you wait 2 days too....
Ok, I get at some point either he will step up to the plate and act like he wants to be with you, but what do you "GODDESSES" do when.....
1. He hasn't called you in 4 days, do you "punish" him and make him wait 4 days before you respond?
2. All he does is text and you prefer live talk...do you ignore his text?
3. His excuses are something along the lines of being "BUSY"...so do you tell him you are busy too?
The reason why I am on this topic is because it seems titt for tatt to mirror a guy (all of the time). Now I am not saying to be just so available all of the time for him either.
What I am getting at is this....I feel like I am not holding up to the DWD rules if I answer when a guy calls after being MIA for 5 days or he text me every other day and I text him back within 15-30 minutes w/o waiting, etc.
Everyone is always saying...BE BUSY, STAY BUSY, HAVE A LIFE, DATE YOURSELF AND OTHERS, ETC.ETC.ETC....
BUT WHAT IF YOUR LIFE AND BEING BUSY STILL ALLOWS YOU AMPLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PICK UP THE PHONE OR TEXT RIGHT BACK? And please note, that doesn't mean you don't have a life or enough to do...THIS IS YOUR LIFE!!!
I hate when people say they are too busy to text or call someone back that they are "supposedly" in a relationship with! That burns my britches! Actually I can't stand it when a friend says that..because I believe that IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING YOU WILL DO IT!
So my next dilemna is...say I want HIM TO MISS ME......when I finally do resurface..be it 2 hours or 2 days, what do I say? Oh babe..I WAS BUSY? Ok, say I wasn't..I just want to play this cat and mouse game? Then what do I do? LIE? Hmmmmmm not me...not into the lying just for him to want or miss me more!
My overall point is this...SOME men can see thru the oh so since she hasn't heard from me in a little while or days, she is going to do the same thing to me game! So why not just be HONEST, REAL AND YOURSELF....and if you can answer or text him back, then do it...I mean maybe the guy will see that you are being geniune after he does his cave man thing or his I am soooo busy with work thing and when he does come up for air you are not playing the games and is a man about it all and COMES CORRECT because he see that you are a REAL WOMAN? And if he doesn't, at least you didn't turn the phone off, when an important call could be coming thru but you wanted him to think you are so busy...or you didn't cup your hands and call the prayer hotline so that you won't answer the phone when he calls so that he will miss you and keep calling and calling making you feel like you are important again....or you don't sit by the timer that is set for 30 minutes ticking so that you will know when you can call him back..BUT you can honestly say.....hey I didn't give you the run around, I didn't play games, I was ready to be pursued by you...YOU MY MAN JUST WASN'T READY FOR ME A REAL WOMAN..A GODDESS...but at least NOW you know what a true grown woman acts like! Nice meeting you!
I know most of you will dissect the above based on my previous threads...I wish I would have put it under another name just to see what kinds of replies I would get that wouldn't look into my past...but please read it as a new person writing...not as the person who had the issue with EXFWB or the new guy!
I am hoping that someone will come up with more than...
1. you need more to do (b/c who dictates HOW MUCH SHOULD BE ON YOUR PLATE?)
2. date around so this guy isn't a priority
3. its not playing games..its just guarding your heart
4. if you ARE BUSY ENOUGH, then you won't wonder why he has or hasn't called
5. this is just how it is..roll with it!
THANKS LADIES!
Itsy, I won't say any of what you listed in the 2nd post because you have the right to think and feel what you do...that is a God-given right to all of us.
I will just say this: DWD is a guideline...in the end it is your life and you have to go with what your gut instinct tells you.
That is true about anything in life, not just relationships.
ok thanks misty...but do you catch my drift?
Don't lie, don't manipulate, don't do anything that compromises your better nature.
Common sense usually prevails. You do want to match his level of commitment; you don't want to be terribly available when he calls or texts if he has not been calling. If he has been MIA for 5 days and calls do you wait 5 days to return his call? To "punish" him
No. That would be dumb and unbecoming to a Goddess. Would you treat him with the same level of courtesy and respect that you would like to be treated? Yes. Golden rule applies.
Would you rush out to meet him at 7 if he calls at 6:30 on a Friday? Probably not. Do you lie? No. Do you blow off friends to see him? no. Do you say you have plans when you don't? Your call. I don't think there is any shame in saying you had planned a quiet night in with a chick flick and decline. That is one option.
You want to teach him how to treat you. If calling at the last minute expecting you to be sitting around in stasis waiting for him to call is disrespectful to you, then be really too busy to see him and offer an alternate day.
If all he does is text, well my thing (the truth) is that I rarely check my texts. I keep the ringer off a lot and if I don't hear it chime, I don't check it. So texts could go for days before I will see them.
This above all to thine own self be true.
And it shall follow as night the day thou canst not then be false to any man.
THANKS THETABABE!!! I appreciate those words! To me that is exemplifying Goddess behavior!
I like to treat others like I want to be treated. Now I am not perfect and don't always do this...but I TRY ALL OF THE TIME TO STICK TO THIS RULE!!
And ladies I am not saying that everytime he calls, text or ask me how...I am jumping at his command...but at least I answer the call or text and I at least give an alternate date so that we can go out so that he won't think I am not interested.
And after all is said and done and I have treated him like I want to be treated and he still "flakes" out...at least I can walk away knowing I didn't stoop to his level or play games with someone elses time or feelings!
Its - I think that if you have to go through so much trouble to play the game or do the tic for tac with a man, especially after you have been dating for a couple of weeks, then he is not worth it. If a man wants to be with you and is not a player, he is not going to play all those little games and neither should you.
Like Misty said - DWD is a guideline - it is not intended to help us get the man as much as it is intended to help us see our true worth and to build a life based around what makes us happy, not trying to make a man happy.
TRUE CASUN...VERY TRUE!
If you have to play games.."to me" its just not worth it!
And if a man is real and ready to pursue "you" then he won't play games either!


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