{"id":1321,"date":"2018-02-02T04:27:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T04:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2018-05-21T02:48:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T02:48:47","slug":"the-secret-code-behind-men-saying-im-not-interested-in-a-relationship-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/the-secret-code-behind-men-saying-im-not-interested-in-a-relationship-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Code Behind Men Saying \u201cI\u2019m Not Interested in a Relationship Right Now\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Claire Casey<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/go\/lodb\">Language of Desire<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>You\u2019ve recently met, there\u2019s a clear flirt vibe going on, and then he drops this bomb:\u00a0<em>\u201cI\u2019m really\u00a0not interested\u00a0in a relationship right now.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0You know for a fact there was sexy energy between the two of you.\u00a0<em>What gives? What\u2019s his REAL play\u00a0here?<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>It could be any of the following\u00a0<strong>5 reasons, and only one of those is the truth\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>5 REAL Reasons Men Say\u00a0<em>\u201cI\u2019m not looking for a relationship right now\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n1. The Pity Card<\/strong>When a man tells you\u00a0<strong>he\u2019s not interested<\/strong>\u00a0in a relationship,\u00a0<strong>it MIGHT be true, but it might not<\/strong>. He might be playing one of 5 \u201ccards\u201d here\u2026<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s telling you he\u2019s not interested, just broke up, etc., because he hopes to get some tasty-sweet woman-sympathy.\u00a0<strong>It\u2019s an attention thing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Playing this card might even get him some\u00a0<em>\u201cpoor brokenhearted baby\u201d<\/em>\u00a0sex.<\/p>\n<p>Which\u00a0<strong>could develop into regular bootie calls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WARNING<\/strong>. You probably already know that women tend to hope that\u00a0bootie calls\u00a0will turn into a deeper relationship. Men don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. The \u201cScreening for Bootie Calls\u201d Card<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This one is a version of the truth. He\u2019s NOT interested in a \u201crelationship,\u201d but he IS\u00a0<strong>interested in sex<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>See the above warning.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. The \u201cI\u2019m in Control\u201d Card<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>He tells you this IN CASE he might want to date you.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve backed off, so now\u00a0<strong>he gets to call all the shots<\/strong>\u00a0if he decides he wants to.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. The \u201cEasy Exit\u201d Card<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Once he\u2019s told you he\u2019s not interested, he can freely make a play for you, and you\u2019re all off-balance. (He\u2019s in control.)<\/p>\n<p>So if you date for a while or even sleep together, and then he decides he\u2019s ready to move on, he has a\u00a0<strong>ready-made exit excuse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He can quickly and easily put all the responsibility for \u201c<strong>misunderstanding<\/strong>\u201d on you.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHey,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he can casually say,\u00a0<em>\u201cI TOLD you I wasn\u2019t interested in a relationship.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>5. The Truth<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Yep, some guys say it\u00a0<strong>because it\u2019s true<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And some guys say it because it\u2019s true, then change their minds and decide to date.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to RESPOND to his\u00a0<em>\u201cI\u2019m not interested\u201d<\/em>speech<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Take him at his word.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assume<\/strong>\u00a0he\u2019s telling the gospel truth, and\u00a0<strong>leave him alone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This means you move forward with your life, immediately.\u00a0Date other men\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>don\u2019t put your universe on hold<\/strong>\u00a0in hopes that something might develop with this guy.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t behave like his girlfriend or his bootie call.<\/p>\n<p>Be clear that if he\u2019s interested in dating you, then your outings have to be\u00a0<strong>actual dates,<\/strong>\u00a0not\u00a0<em>\u201clet\u2019s watch Netflix at my place then have sex\u201d<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>\u201cI need to fill some social gaps\u201d<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>\u201cyou\u2019re the only one available, so why not.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re worth so much more than that.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Does He Really Love You Or Is He Just USING YOU? Watch this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/go\/lodb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special video<\/a>\u00a0now to finally find out the TRUTH.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/go\/lodb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/go\/lodb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MYS-Lobd.jpg\" alt=\"Language of Desire\" width=\"933\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MYS-Lobd.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MYS-Lobd-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MYS-Lobd-768x346.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Claire Casey Author of Language of Desire You\u2019ve recently met, there\u2019s a clear flirt vibe going on, and then he drops this bomb:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m really\u00a0not interested\u00a0in a relationship right now.\u201d\u00a0You know for a fact there&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,17,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1323,"href":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321\/revisions\/1323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}