
QUESTION FROM A READER:
I read your article, “Don’t Overreact,” with interest, Carlos, but I’m so hopelessly inexperienced I continue to struggle. Here’s something that happened to me that I don’t understand and may apply to what you’ve written. Hopefully you can give me advice.
In the club two nights ago, right away this hot girl asks me to teach her how to dance better and goes out to dance with me. She’s into me big time and is all over me the rest of the evening, never leaving my side. She gives me her phone number without me asking for it and we make a date to meet last night in a different club for Latin dancing. I figure she’s going to flake out like many do but when I get there she’s already been in the club for an hour waiting and the band hasn’t even arrived yet.
The first thing she says is, “I was going to the other club to look for you if you didn’t show in another five minutes. We’re going to have a good time tonight.” The night begins as a repeat of the previous night but more so. She’s all over me with keno, listens attentively to my instructions while I teach her the dance moves, compliments me, laughs a lot, and generally shows she’s into me.
Then halfway through the night she becomes inattentive, doesn’t listen much to what I’m saying, loses interest in me and dancing and suddenly says, “I’m looking for a young handsome guy to ask me to dance but no one has. I’m looking for a steady date and I want to get married to someone whose dependable. The guy I’m seeing now is in Oregon on a child custody case and he doesn’t have any money or a job and not even a driver’s license. “
This blows my mind so when another girl comes over and asks me to dance I go out with her and when I come back the girl has left the club and never returned.
I don’t think I want to call her because I don’t have a clue what to say. What’s your take on what happened and what do you think I should do?
-Richard
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CARLOS XUMA ANSWERS:
Remember that women are fickle. In a club environment, her energy is all over the place. She has no loyalty or allegiance to anyone. Least of all a guy. All she has to do is walk 6 inches and there’s another dude looking to score with her.
As for your situation, I suspect you didn’t escalate with her fast enough. You need to isolate her and get her in YOUR element as soon as possible. She probably got bored.
At the first sign of a woman disrespecting you or your time, you must be willing to call her on it.
“Hey, what’s up? Are you getting bored already? Do you need me to entertain you? Here – look… something shiny… Ooooh….”
And of course, you can do this with a playful edge. If she’s offended IT’S HER FAULT! Not yours.
She probably left because you didn’t beg for the privilege of kissing her ass to get her attention.
Hats off to you, my friend. Going off with another woman was the best thing for you to do. (You may think you’re inexperienced, but you had the good sense and self-respect to walk away from that.)
Be glad that she saved you the trouble and eliminated herself from your life. She did you a favor.
Now stop worrying about the one that got away. Your story should have ended with a wild night with the woman that WAS interested and asked you to dance. What happened to her?
Don’t be the guy that’s motivated solely by the one he can’t get…
Some chicks are just plain lame. AND crazy.
You’re right. You don’t want to call her. What does it say about her character if she gives you a speech like that?
Here’s what she said:
“I’m looking for a young handsome guy to ask me to dance but no one has.”
Well, maybe if you weren’t giving off psycho vibes, more men would.
“I’m looking for a steady date and I want to get married to someone whose dependable.”
Yeah, you and every other woman out there. “Dependable?” I smell gold-digger.
“The guy I’m seeing now is in Oregon on a child custody case and he doesn’t have any money or a job and not even a driver’s license. “
So why the hell are you seeing him, woman? Are you stupid AND crazy?
Now I smell “victim” mentality. She sees herself as being weighted down with this horrible burden – that SHE CHOSE!
Frankly, I was appalled, as you were.
Ewwww.
Run, Forest! Run!
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