Why Testing F*ckboys Never Works

hi! I met a guy on tinder, we hit it off. he was consistent with texting, but not a great conversationalist. but in person, great chemistry. hung out a few times, not super date-like because of covid.

I quit replying after he didn't bother asking how I was doing for 2 days. several days later no word, I text him. he replies. I commented on his lack of reply. he said I never replied. told him I was waiting on him to ask how I was doing. and that's the last I heard from him.

my gut instinct from the get go said "fuckboi" but 2x week covid testing is extra attractive lol. thanks!

So, let's call this what it was: you were testing him. The problem with tests like this is that we often intentionally set people up to fail to re-affirm a negative believe we already have. Then, we they fail the test as we knew they would, we think we've confirmed that suspicion. In reality we've just unconsciously skewed the results in our favor.

One big reason these romantic tests fail is because we think we'r…