u/Willing_Bar_8018

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I intentionally look "weak" in front of girls.

I hear all these embarrasing stories about people my age trying to act tough or strong in front of girls and absolutely living to regret it. And I think girls are tired of it too yk, so at every opportunity like lifting a table or a chair for example, I pretend it's a lot harder than it actually is. I dont make a huge deal about it or expressely try to draw attention to my "weakness" but if i see another guy in my class do it effortlessly I will intentionally do it slower or with a bit more strain.
I think it actually gets to the point where I feel almost ashamed to do something even slightly impressive when a girl is watching. Like im learning to spin a basketball on my finger and at one point I did it really well in front of a couple girls and I thought "ohh god they must think im trying really hard to impress them". So for the next like 3 minutes I made sure I fucked it up really bad.
I can also do a pull-up just fine. Like when my friends are watching i can do like 5-7. But if a girl is watching ill do like a half MAX.
I also sometimes act dumber than I am to make girls laugh but I do that with everyone so I dont think it's that bad.

Im posting this here because like. Is that bad? I know it's probably not good but it has to be better than pretending to be strong or cool right?

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u/Willing_Bar_8018 — 6 days ago