(08-10-2025, 11:09 PM)Besticus Maximus wrote: Jesus man have some self respect, you do not get women when you're allowing five alarm mentalists to string you along
Also stop talking about your lives and marriage and futures within the first few meetings, she's trying to decide if she's going to ride you in the short term and you're screwing it up even when it's maybe on the cards
It's so weird how you can't just teach a person or learn how to do this stuff from books or films or whatever, we literally all have to do it at some point but it's such a 'figure it out for yourself lol' situation no matter what
I let her do most of the talking this time and kept steering her away from that but it was a challenge.
On my side I kept it very light on the details. "I took care of my folks for a while, it's kind of you know a given you take care of the family".
She talked about that thing with her estate and inheritance and how everyone was after her money, she had a black mercedes sure she could miss $100 the guy argued. And I was like: "so uh, black is kind of your color right is your interior black also?". And then luckily steered her back to her bathroom renovations. Another time she talked about work and getting fired and all that drama and I just asked what she was watching the other day when she texted she was on the sofa with wine. When she pressed on why I rented I simply said I enjoyed living 5 minutes from the beach and didn't want to leave. Overall I handled it pretty well for a dumpster fire but she was certainly thinking steps ahead.
That's why my next move is, binge some shows at her place and not a dinner date or whatever.
I think she also oversold herself a bit in the decision making as the main character and her father called the shots. But if an ENTJ brings that up it's a good sign. And I admit I liked the plot twist rollercoaster family drama that caught me completely off guard.
She liked me said she had a good time. I'll wait and see.
