Was out at a bar with a friend and get to talking to two girls. They're nice/receptive and it eventually comes up that I have a girlfriend. Immediately the one girl seems about 100x more interested - starts asking me a bunch of questions, buying my next drink, etc. Staring into my eyes like I'm some prize to be won..
I've noticed this throughout my life - whenever I have a girlfriend, girls seem to want me more or at least be more receptive to me in general as a person.
Now I didn't do anything with her - the 4 of us just hung out at the bar while I tried to wingman my buddy into getting laid that night and passively put up with her cute little flirting for a few hours (to be on the other side of this is actually really interesting).
Can someone explain the psychology at work here? Why do girls want a taken man seemingly so much more than a single one? Why does me being unavailable not deter her, but entice her even more?
I may write an FR about this as I do think there's a lot to be learned here.
nastynickdr 6y ago
As a man, you see a hottie, she is young/pretty/hot, thats all it takes for you to want to bang her. You dont care if she is rich or poor, if she has a degree or not, if she has lots of friends or not, if shes famous or not, if she has a good career or not, if he has good social skills, if she is captain of whatever sports team, none of that matters. She is hot, you want to bang her.
For women its different. All of that stuff matters. And the quickest way to "determine" that is social proof/pre-selection: if other girls are interested in him, he must be worth a shit. Also goes along with the strong herd mentality women have.
Metalgear222 6y ago
I've said this before and probably need to make it into a full post. But Pre-selection is actually just females competing against each other to prove who's the better fuck/more desirable. It's not just about the approval you get from already having a girl. It's innate female competition.
I relate it to when I see a super fine girl with a twig, and I think to myself, "I could pound that girl into next week like you never have kiddo." I don't know this guy. He could be cool as fuck for all I know. But that's my initial impression.
Well women have first impressions too. "He got a girl like her? What's he have? How's my SMV in relation to hers? I bet I can get him to look at me with 'fuck-me' eyes. I bet I could ride his dick better than her. Wow, she can't even dance. I'd be better off with him. Look at how ugly those shoes are.. He should get with someone with good class and fashion sense like me." And so on and so forth...
jackandjill22 6y ago
Nice answer.
BestSC86 6y ago
Actually motivations could be a couple of different reasons depending on the girl.
1) Girls are attracted sometimes when they know that a man has options or is wanted by other women.
2) But honestly sometimes it is because the girl gets the feeling that you are not there running game on her to get in her pants....so she can let her shields down thinking that there isn't any risk because your focus is on your GF.
That is the read which has to be decoded. Is she actually chasing you or is she just more relaxed?
SeekingTheWay 6y ago
First of all, preselection.
Second of all, women's competetive nature.
Willow-girl 6y ago
It's not that she's "enticed," it's just that she feels safer and more comfortable socializing with you because she doesn't feel like she needs to keep her guard up to deflect unwanted advances. She expects that you're not going to hit on her since you already have a girlfriend, so she can relax and simply enjoy your company.
W_O_M_B_A_T 6y ago
I furnishes them with lots of plausible deniability/anti-slut defense. "eww gross, I wasn't flirting. he's got a girlfriend."
Entropy-7 6y ago
The two basic reasons are social validation and presumed sincerity. If you have a girlfriend (particularly a good looking one) then other women (and men) assume you have a higher value. Secondly, if you talk with or even fllirt with women who know you have a girlfriend, they are not immediately on guard abiut you being friendly just to get in their pants because you are already getting it from your GF.
There can be a darker side to this if they have the "homewrecker" mentality.
TB12thMan 6y ago
Women love competition. Abundance, or at least the illusion of abundance, is incredibly important. Chicks don't want some creepy loser who is going to go gaga after them, they want to see if they can fuck the dude who is worth locking down.
Work_In_Progress92 6y ago
Its simple. Women want men that other women want.
SoulRebel99 6y ago
Pre-selection and social proof. You're not a creeper...