I'm glad you brought this up. I saved the article recently, called "Dumped! The surprising reasons guys call it quits." Look what number one is.

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Here's the full article if you want to see the rest.

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1. You play it too cool.
Playing hard-to-get can be an extremely effective device, but you
might scare a guy off if you abide too strictly by The Rules. "I went
on dates with this woman my buddy set me up with and we had an awesome
time: Great conversations, great kisses. But then she wouldn't return
my calls or emails for a couple of days. And it seemed like she always
had other plans if I didn't book a date way in advance," says Jim, 29,
from Bennington, Vermont. "My buddy kept telling me she was into me,
but I couldn't help but feel like she was stringing me along until she
found something better. So I stopped calling her. She called me a week
later to make sure everything was O.K., but I just broke it off before
she could dump me."
Tip: A vital part of the playing hard-to-get game is dropping enough
clues (especially to shy guys) that you can be gotten. When you do go
out, let him know that you had an amazing time. That way, when you
don't jump all over his offer of a last-minute date, he won't think
you're just blowing him off.
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They just don't get it. Kaput, zip, th-th-that's all folks, outta here, too little too late. Especially if it was their choice to not call, not write, not email, not speak.

There is no version of this where you come out on top. Maybe your army comes, and maybe it’s too much for us, but it’s all on you. Because if we can’t protect the Earth, you can be damn well sure we’ll avenge it.

Hello?
Put Natasha on the phone.
Who is this?
This is her fucking son's father. Who is this?
This is her fucking son.
..........oh.......
Call back in 20 minutes. *click*

Boy, you could get lost in a sky like that. I wish I had those balloons again.