How to Use Honesty to Make Her STOP Liking You
One of the many things girls claim to want in a man is “honesty.”
If you’re like I once was, you probably take this to mean “I should tell my girl absolutely every single thing that ever happens to me so she’ll know there’s no secrets between us.”
And, if you’re like I once was, you’ve probably been in relationships with girls where you did, in fact, tell them all the things that happen to you.
Which means, if you’re like I once was… you probably do NOT have a girlfriend.
Could it be that all that honesty was actually HURTING your relationship with a girl?
I remember a few years ago, I had a friend of mine in a dilemma. He had recently asked a woman to be his girlfriend, but he was guilt-ridden because, during the “we’re just talking” phase, another girl had come up to him at a party and kissed him.
He felt SO guilty about his new girlfriend not knowing this that he was thinking about telling her.
So, what did I tell him to do?
Easy – I said, “Of course you should tell her – if you do, she’ll know how honest of a guy you are and believe anything you say to her from now on! You’ll be establishing trust! Heck, she may even THANK you for telling her!”
Man, oh man, what a moron I was!
Sure enough, he took my advice. A few hours later, he was calling me on my phone, crying his eyes out while yelling:
“BUT I TOLD HER THE TRUTH!! WHY DID SHE GET MAD AT ME!! IT’S NOT LIKE I’M KISSING THAT OTHER GIRL NOW!!”
If I had known then what I know now, I would have given him the opposite advice. Instead of telling him to blah blah blah about this kiss from the past, I would have told him to keep his mouth shut, and that it was “none of her dang business” who she kissed in the past.
On the other hand, if you’re in the business of LOSING girls, it’s best to tell your girl about these types of things. Anything you can think of that may cause her to see you in a different light, you should tell her if you’re wanting to LOSE her.
What kinds of things am I talking about?
- Any incidents where you, as the “innocent bystander,” are getting kissed, grouped, hugged up, hit on, or having “special favors” done for you by another girl.
- Any parts of your past that, while distant, will make a girl question being with you. So yes, you should tell her about that time you tortured a cat named Fluffy, or how girls used to make fun of you for peeing on yourself when you got excited.
- Any unresolved feelings you may have about an ex-girlfriend. Hey, she wants you to be honest, right? Of course you should tell her how you still have “feelings” for a previous lover – all girlfriends love hearing about THAT!
Bottom line: if you’re trying to keep a girl around, there ARE certain things it’s okay to NOT tell her. This doesn’t mean you should lie to her – it just means you don’t have to mention it. Not telling her these things doesn’t make you a liar – and besides, do you REALLY want to know every single caveat of her past life??
-Non Juan