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Old 10-04-2013, 04:16 PM
 
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spent close to a month chatting to a girl on a dating website before finally meeting her for a date last weekend , we had coffee , then extended our date to a bar until finally having a walk along the pier , she held my hand and when I said I hoped it wouldn't be our last date , she said she didn't think it would

thing is , she ruled out a date this weekend due to family stuff , she only communicates via text between dates and so I asked her via text if she wanted to see me again , she said she would like to meet again but wasn't sure what she wants going forward

heres the thing , I told her via text " I like her " and that I would like to get to know her better , I think I probabley came across like a total wuss and even I didn't , it was probably far too soon to say such a thing , I guess I thought it might help in securing another date

she also ruled out a date next weekend as she has a 5 mile run and cannot go out Friday night , shes into sport in a big way , im thinking I should just end it now , I made the mistake of spooking this girl by declaring that I like her so she probably thinks im too keen and that's nearly always the wrong way to get a woman to like you
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Old 10-04-2013, 04:19 PM
 
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spent close to a month chatting to a girl on a dating website before finally meeting her for a date last weekend , we had coffee , then extended our date to a bar until finally having a walk along the pier , she held my hand and when I said I hoped it wouldn't be our last date , she said she didn't think it would

thing is , she ruled out a date this weekend due to family stuff , she only communicates via text between dates and so I asked her via text if she wanted to see me again , she said she would like to meet again but wasn't sure what she wants going forward

heres the thing , I told her via text " I like her " and that I would like to get to know her better , I think I probabley came across like a total wuss and even I didn't , it was probably far too soon to say such a thing , I guess I thought it might help in securing another date

she also ruled out a date next weekend as she has a 5 mile run and cannot go out Friday night , shes into sport in a big way , im thinking I should just end it now , I made the mistake of spooking this girl my declaring that I like her so she probably thinks im too keen and that's nearly always the wrong way to get a woman to like you
If she thought it was too soon to say you liked her, she's probably not the right fit for you or most other people anyway. A month after talking to someone and going on a date or two, you should at least be able to express an interest to get to know her better. If you said you thought you were in love with her, then that is different, but like is a milder adjective that should not freak a woman out.
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Old 10-04-2013, 04:21 PM
 
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If she thought it was too soon to say you liked her, she's probably not the right fit for you or most other people anyway. A month after talking to someone and going on a date or two, you should at least be able to express an interest to get to know her better. If you said you thought you were in love with her, then that is different, but like is a milder adjective that should not freak a woman out.
This.

If she's into you, telling her you like her will make her happy, not push her away.

The guy I'm seeing told me he liked me at the end of our first date. A few weeks later he mentioned to a friend we were out to lunch with that I 'had him' by the middle of that date. I was extremely flattered and not scared off at all. If I didn't like him, I probably would have felt weird about it.
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Old 10-04-2013, 04:27 PM
 
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I think it's too soon to break it off. You're allowed to like someone after one meeting. If you had said love, then you likely scared her off. At this point, everything is new and it could take some time for her to work you into her schedule. You have to work around her prior commitments. Give her time to make time for you.
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Old 10-04-2013, 04:33 PM
 
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If she thought it was too soon to say you liked her, she's probably not the right fit for you or most other people anyway. A month after talking to someone and going on a date or two, you should at least be able to express an interest to get to know her better. If you said you thought you were in love with her, then that is different, but like is a milder adjective that should not freak a woman out.
im not in love with her at all , I just like her , she has a very interesting and different job , shes not a stunner but has a beautifull face which is all I care about when it comes to women

she mentioned how she only got back into dating during our date and stopped short of mentioning what I presume was previous perhaps troubled relationship , this might explain her line " I don't know what I want going forward "


her dad is ill in hospital and she lives an hour from where we met last week and 90 mins from where I live but im thinking a girl who was into me , wouldn't put back another date for two full weeks if she was all that interested
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Old 10-04-2013, 04:34 PM
 
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spent close to a month chatting to a girl on a dating website before finally meeting her for a date last weekend , we had coffee , then extended our date to a bar until finally having a walk along the pier , she held my hand and when I said I hoped it wouldn't be our last date , she said she didn't think it would

thing is , she ruled out a date this weekend due to family stuff , she only communicates via text between dates and so I asked her via text if she wanted to see me again , she said she would like to meet again but wasn't sure what she wants going forward

heres the thing , I told her via text " I like her " and that I would like to get to know her better , I think I probabley came across like a total wuss and even I didn't , it was probably far too soon to say such a thing , I guess I thought it might help in securing another date

she also ruled out a date next weekend as she has a 5 mile run and cannot go out Friday night , shes into sport in a big way , im thinking I should just end it now , I made the mistake of spooking this girl by declaring that I like her so she probably thinks im too keen and that's nearly always the wrong way to get a woman to like you
The key is to play it cool. Your first mistake was saying that you hoped it wouldnt be your last date. At that point, you needed to act confident and just know for sure you would see her again instead of kind of acting like you werent sure if she liked you or not.

Instead of saying "i like you" you needed to just say "i had fun, lets get together again soon"
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Old 10-04-2013, 04:37 PM
 
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This.

If she's into you, telling her you like her will make her happy, not push her away.

The guy I'm seeing told me he liked me at the end of our first date. A few weeks later he mentioned to a friend we were out to lunch with that I 'had him' by the middle of that date. I was extremely flattered and not scared off at all. If I didn't like him, I probably would have felt weird about it.

one of those player type websites I read said you should never get mushy with women , play it cool - alpha , im fine with being alpha when it comes to work and most aspects of my life but I cant do that with women without looking like a jack ass , I don't play the door mat but i definatley compliment them and pull out their chair etc , I told this girl last weekend while we were in the bar that " it was an an agreeable way to spend a Saturday , nice bar and the company of a beautifull lady , she told me I was embarrassing her , probabley came across like a chump
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Old 10-04-2013, 04:40 PM
 
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Five minutes.....

I'm all over them.
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Old 10-04-2013, 04:41 PM
 
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one of those player type websites I read said you should never get mushy with women , play it cool - alpha , im fine with being alpha when it comes to work and most aspects of my life but I cant do that with women without looking like a jack ass , I don't play the door mat but i definatley compliment them and pull out their chair etc , I told this girl last weekend while we were in the bar that " it was an an agreeable way to spend a Saturday , nice bar and the company of a beautifull lady , she told me I was embarrassing her , probabley came across like a chump
The key is to ACT (whether its an act or not) that you are a man who has options and you're a man who's busy. Women like to know that a man can get other women and that that man is CHOOSING them as opposed to a man who's acting as if "this better work out because i dont know when my next date might be"
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Old 10-04-2013, 04:42 PM
 
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one of those player type websites I read said you should never get mushy with women , play it cool - alpha , im fine with being alpha when it comes to work and most aspects of my life but I cant do that with women without looking like a jack ass , I don't play the door mat but i definatley compliment them and pull out their chair etc , I told this girl last weekend while we were in the bar that " it was an an agreeable way to spend a Saturday , nice bar and the company of a beautifull lady , she told me I was embarrassing her , probabley came across like a chump
Then that woman obviously wasn't for you.

I HATE the macho/player/alpha type guy...and I like a guy who can actually come right out and tell me how he feels.

Like I said, the guy I'm seeing came right out and told me he liked me during our first date...considering it was an online date, it was also the first time we'd ever met. I LIKED that he was comfortable with himself and his emotions that he just came right out and said how he felt. I assume that if a guy is ambiguous or tries to play it cool that he's not interested in me. Oh, and he texted me within an hour of our date ending to make sure I got home alright and texted me the next afternoon just to say hello and see how my day went. I didn't think it was too forward at all.
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