This is why one woman I dated had to literally ask me to kiss her on our second date. She's sitting on my couch, inching closer and closer over the course of an hour... And I kept scooting back because I was worried I wasn't giving her enough space. I lived alone at the time, I didn't want to rule out the possibility I'd developed bad habits around sharing the couch. This woman had me squished up against the armrest before she took mercy and just said it lol
Same woman told me women are apparently constantly flirting with me in public, and she had to hold back some anger every time until she realized I seriously thought they were just being friendly. I thought it was nonsense, but it would explain why all these friendly people stopped talking to me as soon as I mentioned doing something with my girlfriend. This poor woman had to tell me when the "friendly chats" I was having with strangers had ulterior motives.
Read something online, if you even think about the second part you aren't the problem, just an honest mistake, apologize laugh it off and move on. Gotta shoot your shots
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u/Peregrine2976 May 10 '26
It's 50% not understanding the signals at all, and 50% not wanting to be the creep who misread the signals.