You gotta lot to learn. Being direct has to be tactful or a nikka can easily game you if he's attractive to you.
Understanding men is hard as hell for women like understanding women is for us. Most of us get it with experience and learning but that don't seem to be the case for a number of women and then they realize it when they get older. They get male friends who don't put them on game and their dating life is like going around a race car track. Constant loops and no end game.
My worry with you is bigger. You don't understand men even at a basic level. shyt like this should be elementary. So I would start there. The relationship shyt is scary tho. You might be on them Howard chicks I've dated level where it's like you just need to go back to the drawing board period.
I'm interested....whats the deal with Howard chicks? I've heard this before but I've not had any direct experience with them.
K, a lot of people would say different. I'm low key pretty cold and distant in real life despite being friendly. And if you'd bothered to read my posts in the thread, you'd know I'm not interested in any of these dudes sexually/romantically. And for the record, I rarely if ever initiate texts and there are times when I don't even bother to respond. 
Nah.
you're a woman, you know the answer. don't make this shyt his fault. negged.

