Quote: (12-09-2013 12:51 PM)Vendetta Wrote:
I think the things is with just being honest is... it's impossible to snag them in the first place by being honest. I've tried it. They say, "Well, I appreciate you being honest but no thanks".
So I lie. Then once the lie is in place, it gets harder to admit the truth.
I sense that this practice of a guy's framing with the girl is NOT really about honesty.
I mean I get you that if you have some kind of philosophy that a guy should be mostly honest then that mind-set is going to come back to bite you in the ass. And, ultimately that is the wrong frame for a guy that wants to bang more than one girl at a time.
Ultimately, a guy does NOT want to be in a frame in which he is having to explain things, whether he is in a oneitis relationship or NOT, and he does NOT want the girl to be controlling the kinds of things discussed. NO problem going along with her for a while, but a girl's questioning a guy about personal beyond his comfort level, then she is merely losing perspective of her place in the relationship.
In sum, i may be willing to answer some of a girl's questions about my personal life and about my activities (b/c there may be nothing wrong with a certain level of curiosity and sharing b/c she may be showing healthy interest and curiosity and these various kinds of discussion are part of the foreplay and the generating and keeping interest); however, if she starts to attempt to control the frame too much, and if she does NOT get my hints about her going too far (whether I have to be very direct or NOT), then likely I will cut her off or at least I will put her at a distance.....
My approach will also, in part, depend upon my other options, and the more equal caliber girls waiting in the wings, the less I will tolerate. I may completely sever her from a relationship with me if she continues to persist in behavior that I am considering to be going too far. In that regard, asking about hairs is fine... and maybe even asking about condoms is o.k.... so long as she is fun about it, rather than interrogating... With the condoms, a guy can have fun with that, and ask her why she is asking or even say various ways that he uses condoms.. implying a variety of uses for them, of course, without getting defensive and just having fun with the topics. As soon as it is NOT fun, then she may have to either exit or be put at a distance.
Regarding lying and telling the truth there is a practical aspect of keeping track, and frequently, I find some variation of the truth to be much easier to keep track, but that would NOT mean that I exercise any kind of open book practice or even to create that impression. Generally, the girl is going to know that I am NOT an open book kind of guy.... and she's gotta be willing to accept that.