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(Warning This Applies To Guys Too)
1. They will compliment you excessively
Everyone wants to be complimented. It’s always that fussy feeling when someone acknowledges your efforts toward something, a nice mushy feeling that you can never get enough of. There’s a limit to the positivity of this. Some women have mastered the art of using that mushy feeling from compliments to get what they want. Whenever there’s something they want you to do for them, they will give you that feeling using their charms, like, “You know John, nobody does the stats reports better than you. I’ve seen nothing like it.” She’s trying to make you do the stats report for her, John.
2. They use your feelings for her against you
This is a classic manipulation tactic. They bring this up, especially when you refuse to do something for them. Women use this template, or shift just slightly, following the form of if you felt this way, you would do this for me. “Dennis, if you really loved me you would get me that lovely Liverpool jersey.” Don’t fall for this trick, Dennis, stand firm.
3. They guilt-trip you
Guilt-tripping is a genuine issue in relationships these days. And it comes to the fore in so many ways that we can’t cover them all here. But with that said, the bottom line is that they make you feel guilty about something and then use that feeling of guilt you have to get what they wanted. Some women bring up past mistakes you made, or remind you of things they’ve done for you, all this making you feel guilty and caving into their demands.
4. They are passive-aggressive
Closely related to guilt-tripping, passive-aggressive behavior can be a powerful tool in a manipulator’s arsenal. Some women use this technique to get you feeling sorry for them or to get you off their backs when you’re confronting them about something. It’s characterized by sulking and backhanded compliments. But when you ask what the problem is, they say they’re fine, which leads to you feeling sorry for them and offering yourself in ways you normally would not. They also procrastinate doing something earlier agreed upon as resistance until you end up doing it yourself.
5. They cry
I know what you’re thinking, “But women are emotional beings. They cried while watching an insurance ad.” That could as well be true. But I’m talking about an insanely convenient outburst of emotion. It’s those moments during a discussion she’s ‘losing’ and suddenly the waterworks start. What grinds my gears is that they’re teaching it to other women too! Most women use this technique to get whatever they want. Men don’t know how to deal with crying women. We just don’t. We do whatever it takes to get it to stop. See how that works? Good. Women know this, and they use it against us whenever they are out of options. It’s their ace in the hole, if you will. The nuclear option.
6. They give you the ‘silent treatment’
This happens to the best of us. That screening of ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ you forwent because of that World Cup game of Cameroon v Netherlands you wanted to watch that Friday, and then the long silence you got after notifying her of your plans. Do you remember that? You caved, didn’t you? The silent treatment is basically when the person does not talk to you, and when you talk to them, they don’t respond. Annoying! Women use this manipulation technique to get you to accept a request they made before their silence, and you do whatever they want just to have normal human interaction. Nobody enjoys being ignored, and that’s why it works.
1. They will compliment you excessively
Everyone wants to be complimented. It’s always that fussy feeling when someone acknowledges your efforts toward something, a nice mushy feeling that you can never get enough of. There’s a limit to the positivity of this. Some women have mastered the art of using that mushy feeling from compliments to get what they want. Whenever there’s something they want you to do for them, they will give you that feeling using their charms, like, “You know John, nobody does the stats reports better than you. I’ve seen nothing like it.” She’s trying to make you do the stats report for her, John.
2. They use your feelings for her against you
This is a classic manipulation tactic. They bring this up, especially when you refuse to do something for them. Women use this template, or shift just slightly, following the form of if you felt this way, you would do this for me. “Dennis, if you really loved me you would get me that lovely Liverpool jersey.” Don’t fall for this trick, Dennis, stand firm.
3. They guilt-trip you
Guilt-tripping is a genuine issue in relationships these days. And it comes to the fore in so many ways that we can’t cover them all here. But with that said, the bottom line is that they make you feel guilty about something and then use that feeling of guilt you have to get what they wanted. Some women bring up past mistakes you made, or remind you of things they’ve done for you, all this making you feel guilty and caving into their demands.
4. They are passive-aggressive
Closely related to guilt-tripping, passive-aggressive behavior can be a powerful tool in a manipulator’s arsenal. Some women use this technique to get you feeling sorry for them or to get you off their backs when you’re confronting them about something. It’s characterized by sulking and backhanded compliments. But when you ask what the problem is, they say they’re fine, which leads to you feeling sorry for them and offering yourself in ways you normally would not. They also procrastinate doing something earlier agreed upon as resistance until you end up doing it yourself.
5. They cry
I know what you’re thinking, “But women are emotional beings. They cried while watching an insurance ad.” That could as well be true. But I’m talking about an insanely convenient outburst of emotion. It’s those moments during a discussion she’s ‘losing’ and suddenly the waterworks start. What grinds my gears is that they’re teaching it to other women too! Most women use this technique to get whatever they want. Men don’t know how to deal with crying women. We just don’t. We do whatever it takes to get it to stop. See how that works? Good. Women know this, and they use it against us whenever they are out of options. It’s their ace in the hole, if you will. The nuclear option.
6. They give you the ‘silent treatment’
This happens to the best of us. That screening of ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ you forwent because of that World Cup game of Cameroon v Netherlands you wanted to watch that Friday, and then the long silence you got after notifying her of your plans. Do you remember that? You caved, didn’t you? The silent treatment is basically when the person does not talk to you, and when you talk to them, they don’t respond. Annoying! Women use this manipulation technique to get you to accept a request they made before their silence, and you do whatever they want just to have normal human interaction. Nobody enjoys being ignored, and that’s why it works.
