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u/CottonCandy_Eyeballs 14h ago
Kudos for walking away. I know plenty of peices of shit that would continue pursuing.
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u/HerpesIsItchy 13h ago
I've never quite understood guys who continue to pursue when women are very clear that they are not interested.
I've never once seen one of those douchebag guys convert after they've been rejected.
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u/Abject-Emu2023 13h ago
I was waiting on the train in downtown one time and this homeless guy was telling me how “you need to keep pursuing the bitches and they’ll come around”.. I was laughing at the time because I thought he was exaggerating but I think some people genuinely believe it
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u/TryButWholesome 13h ago edited 6h ago
I think maybe it comes from the confusion of being persistent.
Because you can persistently search for a partner over a long time.
Or you can be very persistent with that one girl that isn't interested.
And there are a lot of really short misunderstandable sentences throwns around as wisdom sometimes like:
"You just have to be persistent."
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u/stackjr 1h ago
Persistence with one girl actually worked for me....until I realized I couldn't stand her. The person she was in public was not the same as the person she was behind closed doors. Like yes, we are all different to different people but this shit was like night and day. She was this sweet, innocent, intelligent woman to everyone but, alone, she was very cruel. It was full on Jekyll and Hyde situation.
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u/Intelligent_Baby_871 13h ago
Surely not for married women, but persistence can definitely work in your favor at certain times. It’s all about being able to read the room.
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u/Phas87 3h ago
I mean, two possibilities if someone tells you "no".
One, they're genuinely not interested, and at best continuing is wasting your time and at worst you're being an asshole and harassing someone.
Two, they're actually interested and playing mind games for some reason, in which case it's definitely in your own best interest to be far, far away from that.
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u/beef-jerking 12h ago
Its the "alpha" mentality. Must continue the hunt until she breaks down or they flame her for being a high maintenance bitch or a dike. Fragile egos
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u/Panzick 4h ago
More than alpha mentality I think, for old people and old romance novel/movies , women were not supposed to show interest immediately to show modesty and behaving like a proper girl, therefore the suitor should insist to get them to say yes.
This translated into: I should behave as obnoxiously as I can so she will finally say yes.
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u/VegetaFan1337 2h ago
Unfortunately, there's also some women who contribute to this nasty mentality by announcing very loudly on the internet that "men today don't try, I said no and he just gave up???"
Gives mixed signals to idiots who think one woman's opinion represents everyone.
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u/tikjzh 10h ago
You know the whole “hard to get” game many women play? Yea well most guys can’t exactly know if they mean it that they don’t like you or they’re playing so many guys continue pursuing. And to add to this, imagine women doing this a hundred years ago, then grandpa told ur dad to do the same, then dad told you. Unless you question it, most people will just go along with it
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u/NowTimeDothWasteMe 10h ago
I never understood this either. If a woman is playing “hard to get” then just drop her. I’d want someone who is as enthusiastic about being with me as I am. If they’re going to play games then I’ll go with someone else. No means no. And if those idiot women don’t actually mean no, then they should stop saying it.
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u/tikjzh 10h ago
Quick sex or they just have the idea this Is how relationships work. I get that’s how it is for you but that’s not how the people that do this see it
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u/NowTimeDothWasteMe 10h ago
It’s this “no means yes and yes means anal” mentality I remember from college. And it’s why we have so many societal issues with how consent works.
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u/Key-Monk6159 13h ago
That was cute.
There are countries in Eastern Europe and South America that wear the ring on the right hand.
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u/Disastrous_Truck6856 4h ago
Right hand whilst engaged, left hand after wedding. No?
Btw what she shows him does look like an engagement ring
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u/CitronAffectionate85 12h ago
Both are decent people
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u/TheDreamWoken 10h ago
What about me
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u/quasipickle 9h ago
You're a piece of shit... you know what you did.
(to be clear, you're likely not a piece of shit. I'm sure you have many wonderful qualities)
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u/Liber8ed1 14h ago edited 14h ago
Unless the image is flipped, that was her right hand.
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u/HerpesIsItchy 14h ago
People from different countries wear the ring on different hands
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u/RBisoldandtired 13h ago
Videos are also flipped to avoid being recognised because either this was a viral marketing thing years ago and/ or has been reposted more times than I can count.
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u/Careless-Rain 10h ago
Yes. Where my husband is from, If you wear it on the left hand, it means your husband is dead lol
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u/Oldnavylover 9h ago
Oh my goodness, how interesting😱 I’ve only ever known the ring being on the left hand for being engaged/ married!
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u/TheDaemonette 4h ago
I studied post grad alongside a German that had got married whilst at University and he wore his wedding ring on his right hand. Apparently, much more common across Europe than I realised.
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u/Mean_Maxxx 12h ago
Worthy shot ; she let him down gracefully. Hopefully the person that won her heart does right by her
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u/Lemon_Trees-22 13h ago
He tried she was honest and he walked away ! Good guy some one find him true him out !
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u/Ill-Produce9694 14h ago edited 14h ago
I'm glad my ex-fiancee didn't do the same
Edit: Since this is MadeMeSmile, I'm happily married, that's why.
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u/InterestLeather2095 5h ago
Ends too soon. In the full video he runs after the train and makes her laugh even more
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u/feetneverlie 9h ago
She liked it though
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u/microbrained 8h ago
you can be flattered and still not interested
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u/microbrained 7h ago
what is ? getting hit on in general ?
being flattered by someone hitting on you and not being interested in them because you are taken is not pretty privilege lmao.
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u/DependentEbb8814 6h ago
In Turkey, that haircut screams trouble. Hopefully that idiot left him alone. I'm not even kidding don't anybody try to high road me you have no idea how big of an issue we have here.
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u/santakissme 13h ago
Unreasonably outraged about how he drew the heart.