Why do guys like it when you ignore them?

‘Whatever that means?’ It means he will have sex and hang out but he isn’t going to make you a GF…’

For the thrill of the hunt-possible conquest apparently. More valuable,fun than something/someone easily available.

Guys like competition, sport, challenge – when you don’t reply you are giving that to him. And yes, he wants a FWB and he wants to win you. If you don’t want a FWB then tell him you want a reltionship and quit answering his texts. He will stop at some point. Many girls get flattered and hooked into a FWB when they really want a reltionship, and then they get their heart broken. Don’t be that girl.

Men always like freedom and being winners so when you as a girl friend understand this character…..they gonna support it 100% and start to find yu yu

That sick! I am not an object I am a real person. That is like playing games with me and that is not right at all. Yes, calling me twice a day is attention because 1. He rarely ever did that before and 2. How is that not attention? lol he is picking up the phone to call me period. Also, he is texting me and sometimes I dont even respond and he still texts me. For example he called me last night, i didnt answer so he texted me telling me about his day and then asked how mine was, i replied really shortly (good. goodnight), calls me again, i didnt answer, texts me and says to call him, i didnt, then texts me good night and to sleep well, i wake up to a good morning text to. He never tried that hard before and this has been going on few a bit now. I dont understand men. He knows I would never agree to a fwb i told him i want a relationship and havent seen him since despite his calls, texts, and him trying to see me. It does confuse me because it makes me think he changed his mind but i know that cant be true. Its just sad.

I read somewhere once that being ignored triggers that primeval response from way back when your playmates or siblings used to deliberately ignore you to aggravate you. The more they ignore, the more you try to be acknowledged.

I’ve been through this with men in the past as well. It means he wants to have his cake and eat it too. He knows from past experience that if he says the right things you will give him what he wants while he can go on looking for something better and dating others. Men like him know how to manipulate women because they know what we want to hear, and they know what behaviors are likely to make us cave.

I wouldn’t bother with him. He’s still not after anything serious. Just wasting your time.

Oh yeah thats guy talk for i want us to be exclusive now but without strings. Its still nothing more than fwb. Dont fall for it. You will get more confused down the line

It may mean he doesn’t want you sleeping with other guys like a territorial thing but doesn’t want the responsibility of a relationship like being tied to certain obligations. I know it can be confusing. But unless a guy completely locks you down, it’s likely a waste of your time & as others said him wanting his cake. Best thing to do here is until you’re not single, be single. Go on dates with other guys. Either the fact you’re still on the market drives him crazy or you end up with someone else

He should hope you will give him another shot. Change your default self esteem settings and know he has to prove to you he now wants a relationship!

Anyway, the guy feels like he lost sth he already won so he needs to win you back. He doesn’t want other men sniffing around you while he’s touching you but he doesn’t want to feel guilty about dropping you when he finds someone else or gets bored. Hence the ‘exclusivity without commitment’. Don’t get near him, he’s bad news.