Hi Beautiful,
Let’s get real for a second - we’ve all been through various stages of confidence development, figuring out who we “truly are”, and getting comfortable in our own skin.
Personally, I cringe thinking back on my teenage dating years. Pretending to be into movies or sports (that I could care less about) just to impress a man? Wearing certain colors because I knew it was a guys favorite? Acting like we have similar interests on a date, just so he’d “be more into me”? Check, check and check. (And cue the facepalm…)
Unfortunately for teenage Jamie, I didn’t realize that altering myself in an attempt to make a man like me is actually a huge turn off! And while you may be able to get away with the lies, acting, or pretending to be a made up version of yourself for a bit - eventually this always backfires.
Men CAN TELL when you’re not being authentic. They may not know exactly what “feels off”, but when their spidey-sense radar starts to perceive fakeness, alarm bells ring and they typically can’t get out the door fast enough.
Listen, I get wanting to impress a man! Especially if he’s super hot and you’re already wondering if he could be The One. But there’s a fine line between trying to impress and being inauthentic.
Interestingly, it’s not your commonalities, hobbies, or shared life experiences that draw men in and make them think you could be wife material. (Someone with mutual interests/things in common could easily just be a friend!)
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