(#3) List of dating mistakes that should be avoided by the Christian woman

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pete13

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(#3)PLAYING HARD TO GET IN ORDER TO TEST A MAN’S HUMILITY

Playing hard to get may be the norm in the non Christian world but please don’t copy what you see on TV. Some “Christian” relationship books even advise women not to reply suitors on their initial times of asking, instead they should make the man prove his humility and desire for them through persistence…a.k.a “playing hard to get” Some women play hard to get because they wrongly believe that the man will see them as cheap if they say yes to him on his initial time of asking and they believe that the man that keeps on chasing after them despite their several rejections of him is the true man for them since he has shown humility. How can they be so wrong? They really believe that the man that will be faithful is the one that chases them the most. A man that keeps on chasing you despite your several rejections probably has nothing to offer you and he will probably be unfaithful to you.

Here is what happens when a woman plays hard to get:
A “bad” man will be filled with a grin if a woman plays hard to get for him because her “playing hard to get” attitude erases his guilty conscience. He has a guilty conscience because he knows he will be unfaithful when he marries you, so when you play hard to get and relish to watch a man crawl to get you it cancels out his own evil which is the fact that he will be unfaithful to you. Therefore he gets happy and he is full of smiles when you play hard to get as his guilty conscience has been erased and he will then pretend to humble himself by begging the woman for a date persistently. She then sees this as a sign of humility and she will be like “wow, this guy keeps coming back to me despite my several rejections of him, he is really humble and he has to be the true man for me” but he is not the true man, no man that has high value to offer will tolerate that.
A “good” man is excited and full of a good heart when he approaches you because he is eager to give you care, love and faithfulness. If you play hard to get for him, he will see it as an act of betrayal; he may assume that you are a false Christian woman and he may not seek you again. I know you rate yourself high because you believe you have a high value and any man will be lucky to have you and I know you want to give yourself to a man that appreciates your value. But please, playing hard to get; unnecessarily delaying to reply or stalling is not the way to test a man’s humility, instead it will make the true man for you to believe that you are not humble yourself. Try other ways to test his humility and his appreciation of you. The same way you check to see if a man regards you cheaply, the man also checks to see if you have any trace of bad attitude, ungratefulness or sassiness in you. Don’t chase away good men just because you want to test their humility.
…………………….To be continued
 

Lynx

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pete there is some truth in what you say... at first. Then you take it too far and begin speculating about what people think when they do things. I did so want to agree with this post, right up until you presumed to know people's hearts.
 

Tinkerbell725

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It's not a dating mistake because not all women play mind games. Some women play hard to get. Some women don't play hard to get, they are really hard to get because of their high standards. Trust is precious as pearls, that a man has to earn it first. The dating mistake is to trust someone without getting to know them well first. If women test men, for sure, men also test women. It's not the humility that is being tested. Trust must be earned first. Worldly men prefer girls who are easy to get because they don't want to work hard to find a worthy woman but in the end will not value that woman they found so easily. But a good man prefers to work hard to gain the trust of a woman and he will value something that he has given so much effort to. Worldly men who play mind games just want the chase but they fail to value and cherish what they found.

Why do you think that a woman plays hard to get? Is it because you assume that she likes you? Never assume always ask questions. The dating mistake is to assume someone likes you because she is friendly. Unless they don't say it, nothing is sure.
 
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PinkDiamond

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I agree with Lynx. You had my agreement as well initially. In general, I'd agree with you that playing mind games is a bad idea and not something that Christians of either gender should do.

That being said. it's often the case that people don't value the friendship of others who are open and warm and almost view the more aloof and snobby personality types as more intriguing. There is some validity to this advice given to women (although I agree that it is wrong). A lot of men do enjoy the chase. I don't think that a sincere Christian woman needs to play hard to get to attract a sincere Christian man though. I think it's always a bad sign if you have to overthink your reactions or try to outsmart the other to keep them interested. I think we should follow the advice in Scripture and let our YES be yes and our no be no
 
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PinkDiamond

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It's not a dating mistake because not all women play mind games. Some women play hard to get. Some women don't play hard to get, they are really hard to get because of their high standards. Trust is precious as pearls, that a man has to earn it first. The dating mistake is to trust someone without getting to know them well first. If women test men, for sure, men also test women. It's not the humility that is being tested. Trust must be earned first. Worldly men prefer girls who are easy to get because they don't want to work hard to find a worthy woman but in the end will not value that woman they found so easily. But a good man prefers to work hard to gain the trust of a woman and he will value something that he has given so much effort to. Worldly men who play mind games just want the chase but they fail to value and cherish what they found.

Why do you think that a woman plays hard to get? Is it because you assume that she likes you? Never assume always ask questions. The dating mistake is to assume someone likes you because she is friendly. Unless they don't say it, nothing is sure.
Good point. Some guys assume too much or don't take a woman's polite rejections seriously. It's always better to assume the woman is not interested if she turns you down. It's frustrating when guys won't pick up on hints or accept polite refusals. It's always better for a guy to move on even if he has doubts that she meant the " no." If she is playing hard to get it will be a good lesson for her to learn ( to be less coy in the future):)
 
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It's not a dating mistake because not all women play mind games. Some women play hard to get. Some women don't play hard to get, they are really hard to get because of their high standards. Trust is precious as pearls, that a man has to earn it first. The dating mistake is to trust someone without getting to know them well first. If women test men, for sure, men also test women. It's not the humility that is being tested. Trust must be earned first. Worldly men prefer girls who are easy to get because they don't want to work hard to find a worthy woman but in the end will not value that woman they found so easily. But a good man prefers to work hard to gain the trust of a woman and he will value something that he has given so much effort to. Worldly men who play mind games just want the chase but they fail to value and cherish what they found.

Why do you think that a woman plays hard to get? Is it because you assume that she likes you? Never assume always ask questions. The dating mistake is to assume someone likes you because she is friendly. Unless they don't say it, nothing is sure.
Definitely. I know if I don't like a man and he says I'm playing hard to get, that says to me that he thinks I'm not hard to get. Kinda implies that he thinks I'm actually easy, and just being difficult. And that's not the best message to send if you want a Christian woman's heart...

So I agree: sometimes a woman is playing games, but not every woman that rejects a guy is playing games. And, contrary to what was implied in the OP, rejecting a man does not give him good reason to believe the woman is a false Christian. (I mean, really? If a woman rejects a man, that means she rejects God's perfect sacrifice of Jesus on the cross? Any man that thinks that would have to have some serious arrogance, and entitlement.)
 

Blain

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The first mistake any person can make in dating or wanting their other half loved one or destined to be one is to expect a perfect match.

To expect or even hope for a person that fits your list of wants perfectly is more unrealistic than than expect faith to be a cake walk. You will always have imperfections and will at some point have fights your relationship may be tested severely as well.

Love is not all mushy lovey dovey warm sensations don't let the disney movies convince you otherwise
 

G00WZ

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K how about this.. how about Christian women stay in Christ, stay after Gods heart, and a real man of God will find you...true you may have to go through some plastic people, but eventually the right one will come through... same thing goes for Christian men looking for Christian women... People try way too hard, creating standards and forget that when you put God first, everything comes together.
 

Blain

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K how about this.. how about Christian women stay in Christ, stay after Gods heart, and a real man of God will find you...true you may have to go through some plastic people, but eventually the right one will come through... same thing goes for Christian men looking for Christian women... People try way too hard, creating standards and forget that when you put God first, everything comes together.
Seek first the kingdom of God and all else will be added to you. I am a living example this is true because in my seeking his heart above all else the love of my life found her way to me :)
 
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pete13

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It's not a dating mistake because not all women play mind games. Some women play hard to get. Some women don't play hard to get, they are really hard to get because of their high standards. Trust is precious as pearls, that a man has to earn it first. The dating mistake is to trust someone without getting to know them well first. If women test men, for sure, men also test women. It's not the humility that is being tested. Trust must be earned first. Worldly men prefer girls who are easy to get because they don't want to work hard to find a worthy woman but in the end will not value that woman they found so easily. But a good man prefers to work hard to gain the trust of a woman and he will value something that he has given so much effort to. Worldly men who play mind games just want the chase but they fail to value and cherish what they found.

Why do you think that a woman plays hard to get? Is it because you assume that she likes you? Never assume always ask questions. The dating mistake is to assume someone likes you because she is friendly. Unless they don't say it, nothing is sure.
The experience I have had is that some women believe that the man that chases them the most is the one for them because he has shown humility, recall I said Christian women should not copy this playing hard to get attitude from non Christian women. So when you said that “Worldly men prefer girls who are easy to get because they don't want to work hard to find a worthy woman but in the end will not value that woman they found so easily” those girls that you referred to as being easy to get probably make up the majority of the women that play hard to get to good men who then leave them and they then end up with those worldly men that will not value them. All I am saying is that a Christian woman should not copy such attitude.

When you said that “But a good man prefers to work hard to gain the trust of a woman and he will value something that he has given so much effort to. Worldly men who play mind games just want the chase but they fail to value and cherish what they found” you have just demonstrated a slight playing to hard to get attitude yourself. Why should I work hard to gain the trust of a woman? Who is she? What we should both be checking for is if we are true Christians, so once that has been verified then what’s stopping us from getting married? But if you believe that you are some sort of queen that should be won over and if you believe that I should keep coming back to you to work hard and gain your trust then I will see you as unnecessarily proud and I will suspect that you are a false Christian. Did Rebekah play hard to get when she was called to marry? No she didn’t. She packed her bags and went straight away because she knew for sure that Isaac was a child of God. I want the woman to be checking to see if I am a true Christian and not for her to puff herself up feeling like some princess that should be worshiped and won over. If you don’t like me, then try the man that is full of a grin when you make him work hard to gain your trust, but wait a minute, he will probably cheat on you. It’s a shame some women don’t know how to identify the man that will make a faithful husband. So many women I have cut off because of this playing hard to get attitude. Please I beg you, I beg you to give me any trace, even a minute trace of sassiness or playing hard to get and I will cut you off faster than the speed of lightning. You ladies need to start respecting men. I’m not one of those men you see on TV that stare at women sexually, I am a faithful man, so respect that.

Also when you said ”Is it because you assume that she likes you?:” if they didn’t like me how come those girls I cut off for playing hard to get tried to sweet talk me later on? They always wanted me but they just believed that the traditional and right thing to do is to do a little playing hard to get and make the man work hard because that is the norm in the society? But what they don’t know is that Christian men know that a child of God will not attempt to make a man crawl to get her, so if a woman plays hard to get I will assume she is not a child of God and of course I will not have a relationship with a woman that is not a child of God. The point of this post is not to encourage the woman to say yes to just any man that approaches her, it is meant to advise women not to have this general belief that it is the norm that a man has to desperately seek them and work hard to get them. Fact is that the man that will be faithful will not chase you much. Women should look for the man that cherishes Christianity more than them, that’s probably the true man. Women should run from the man that is filled with a grin and who keeps coming back when she plays hard to get. That’s how you know the true man.
 

Tinkerbell725

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Why should I work hard to gain the trust of a woman? Who is she?

Because you will feel worthy if the woman you love will trust and respect you. She is your possible future wife.

Don't think that a woman plays hard to get because you could lose a good woman with that attitude.
 

Lynx

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When you said that “But a good man prefers to work hard to gain the trust of a woman and he will value something that he has given so much effort to. Worldly men who play mind games just want the chase but they fail to value and cherish what they found” you have just demonstrated a slight playing to hard to get attitude yourself. Why should I work hard to gain the trust of a woman? Who is she? What we should both be checking for is if we are true Christians, so once that has been verified then what’s stopping us from getting married? But if you believe that you are some sort of queen that should be won over and if you believe that I should keep coming back to you to work hard and gain your trust then I will see you as unnecessarily proud and I will suspect that you are a false Christian.
Tink, you coquette, you! ^.^

And apparently you false Christian too... Why I bet you would even turn down a man like pete if he asked you out. For shame, for shame! :p

pete I have no idea who you are or what you have experienced, but I get a really, REALLY strong impression that you have asked girls out and they have turned you down, and you are really bitter about it.
 

Lynx

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The picture looks more like a Tinker pout... Oh well.


Frankly I'm waiting to see what pete says next. You can't get stuff like this even on satellite tv.
 

Fenner

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My advice to both genders, if someone says, no, respect that and move on, the whole chase thing is almost stalker like and creepy.
 
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jennymae

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My advice to both genders, if someone says, no, respect that and move on, the whole chase thing is almost stalker like and creepy.
I just said "Yes!" instantly and now we've been married 13 years:).
 

seoulsearch

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I'm beginning to think that the biggest mistake a Christian woman should avoid is to read all these preaching, wanna-be sermon-type lists (which seem to keep multiplying) of things that Christian women shouldn't do.

Especially when the author(s) never makes any mention of the things he (they) shouldn't be doing either. :rolleyes:

It makes someone hard to take seriously when he (they) always point the finger at everyone else.
 
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Your finger gets tired too...
 
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jennymae

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I'm beginning to think that the biggest mistake a Christian woman should avoid is to read all these preaching, wanna-be sermon-type lists (which seem to keep multiplying) of things that Christian women shouldn't do.

Especially when the author(s) never makes any mention of the things he (they) shouldn't be doing either. :rolleyes:

It makes someone hard to take seriously when he (they) always point the finger at everyone else.
And why are all of them started by men?
 

88

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They own the dating site...