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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think her end goal is to get a divorce. A prerequisite of this goal is to get married, and to get married she has to bamboozle some schmuck into proposing.

  1. Do not think you can delta his mind. If he says he's not ready: believe him & move on immediately.

See, it turns out that men actually do communicate pretty well, but we do it by saying aloud words that have widely agreed upon definitions that most closely resemble the ideas in our head, instead of whatever the hell it is women do. I bet the self-ignorant little bitch even accused him of "wasting her time."

"I TOLD YOU I wasn't looking for anything long-term."

  1. Careful what you say / how you speak to your partner.

Someone took mask off, didn't she? Let him know she actually holds a very low opinion of him, that what she wants has nothing to do with you as a living being, probably spoken in a way that indicates she doesn't even conceptualize you as one? Yeah. Keep the mask on at all times, ladies.

  1. Try to compromise on certain timelines. You can't have everything you want right now.

The euphemisticalness of this one is just delicious. Which specific timelines are these? Could you write down a comprehensive list of "everything you want"? I'm willing to wager the presence and company of the man you're dating isn't on that list, is it Miss Widow To Be?

  1. Ego stroke. It works!

Until it came apart in whatever incident lead to point 2, we were seeing some success with fake compliments. Experiments shall continue.

  1. No "cookie" w/o commitment. (share it with a guy you don't really like the guy)

We're grown up enough to have sex but we're not grown up enough to talk directly about it even to ourselves. Intimacy with a man is not the goal, it is the means by which she intends to achieve her goal.

  1. Don't overshare or give too much too soon. Maintain the mystery

Men drop your ass when they find out what you're really about, huh princess? Better keep them in the dark for longer.

  1. No sleepovers before 90 days. Period!

Gotta find that dude who can't find any better prospects than you within three months.