YAAAAAAASSSSSSSS!
So much truth! You killing me! Sooooo true.
As much as dudes claim to want a chick who is attentive to their needs and all about them, their actions DIRECTLY contradict what they say.
Gurrrl! I'm talking to a guy I recently met as well. Amazing dude. My natural inclinations run towards happiness b/c I'm southern and so I love people. My family is touchy feely and we are demonstrative in our affections. So we are like that with friends and family, loved ones. Little back scratches, hugs, squeeze each other's hands. So of course I used to take that energy into my interactions with guys too when I was younger. But what I noticed was that dudes interpret that as "having you" and no longer needing to work for or earn ur affections.
Same with this dude. I was so starstruck initially b/c of the how fukking brilliant he was and everything he was doing for me that I was hanging on to that mofo's every word. He's the type to move lightning fast. Catch you, give u a directive, in and then out.
That shyt didn't work for me b/c I he can be inadvertently rude and people are okay with it b/c he so damn smart. So I stopped being available and privileging his attention. I'm cool with a lot of other people in our department, so I go out with them and so my name is always poppin up in passing with his people as well. When I saw him I was always honey sweet but zip in and zip out.
Girl this dude emailed my ass to go out, got me serving on the same committees and boards as him--has literally shaped my entire schedule around his own...asked why he isn't my facebook friend when I was friends with others...shyt is crazy and wonderful.

All b/c he needed to learn that my admiration of him doesnt negate my own autonomy. Sometimes they need to understand that you have a life outside of their interest in you. That's where respect is built.
But if U follow what a lot of dudes SAY they want, you can end up looking dumb as hell getting played and baking cookies for a nikka who sharing them with a chick that don't do shyt but exist. Always look at their actions.