PSA: guys are scared of being hurt and can take some time to open up too

I wish I could be clear about how I feel and communicate how I want to move forward, but every dating advice ever tells women to show little interests early on so that guys would be willing to invest and chase, and since showing interests early on is considered "desperate" and "easy", it means that you're already hooked, so there's no point for guys to try to impress you. And according to those dating advice, being easy is considered a low-value women characteristic trait, and guys dont like low-value women. So basically they are telling women that in order to get a guy interested, one must act almost aloof and busy, or try to get yourself busy in your personal life when you are dating a man that you're interested.

Idk if that ever works for anyone? I honestly dont know if any guy actually likes girls who act like that?

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