Oh great: Study shows women only like men who play hard to get

Since when does a facebook-conducted survey encompass every woman on the planet? So stupid.

If being honest is out of style then sign me up for a pair of bell bottoms. Playful teasing is one thing...playing hard to get which is a borderline passive aggressive red flag is a clear indicator of immaturity. No thanks, why waste a "woman's" time.

I personally do NOT like when a man plays hard to get. Why not be real and let someone (not everyone or a lot of people) know you are interested in them. I let a guy know once that I was interested in him. He just told me back that he wasn't ready for a relationship yet. Hurt, yes. I felt embarressed but at least I was honest. I will not do that again unless I am sure he will return the feeling. This guy played games and acted very interested. Guess some men like to be the one to pursue. I will not pursue a man again. Backfired and now I will just wait. Men who play hard to get are not interesting to me. I find no attractiveness in that. Now this guy is smiling and acting nice but I just ignore him because he wasn't interesting in the first place. Basically don't play games with my heart.

ya, there is SOME truth to this. it just depends on the girl. the quicker i can get in her pants the more mysterious it becomes...

Pshaw! Then I must be an outlier... because I gave up the guy who played hard to get for the one that was more straightforward... I would much rather know where I stand rather than to pine for something I don't know if it will ever happen... :-/

Yeah great news for guys. Play hard to get. Probably works if you look like a movie star. When the rest of us try that, quick, go look and see how many women are lined up outside of your door!

Women are like that old Missouri mule. You can get 'em to do anything, but you gotta get their attention first.

LOL, There is a whole lot of truth in this story. Women who play mind games usually aren't worth being with. They usually have control issues.

"couldn't divulge what the guys thought" is a far cry from playing hard to get. If someone says, " I am not going to say what I am thinking" then everyone around them...men and women...is going to at least momentarily wonder what the person is thinking. It is human nature to be curious and in no way shape or form does it prove that " all women are nuts." By the way..."college aged girls"...are not the same as women. Getting so tired of people interchanging "girls" and "women". The difference between the two is just as distinct as the difference between a "boy" and a "man". Anyway, just another fluff article based on nothing even remotely smacking of real research or fact.

Concluding that the young women prefer guys who are "hard to get" may be a bit of a stretch after reading how the study was conducted, but seriously folks, who ISN'T aroused at least a little by the mystery of not knowing for sure, especially at the age of the study participants? These are all young women (all 47 of them) from one school-NOT women in their 30's for example who would typically be a lot more mature and experienced.

Immature girls like men who play hard to get. Real women don't mess around.

This is the most unscientific article I have ever read. I despise mind games with a passion, I wish everyone could just be completely honest. What I hate even more is that most girls I know are so jaded that I am almost forced to lie because they are assuming that I am so if I don't it'll put me at a disadvantage. That's why I prefer to date girls who I am friends with first, unfortunately almost every girl I know is in a serious relationship.

this whole article is utter bulls---! if a guy didn't call, text or e-mail when he told me he would i would not be eating out of his hand... his ass would be out the door! guys wen u like a girl go for it... don't be too over-aggressive but certainly don't ignore her! girls love attention (or at least i do) and especially attention from potential mates... i wanna who the girls are they studied in this "research" cuz i think they need to get their brains checked seriously... am i the only chick who feels like this?

Well that might be true for younger women who dont realise what they've got yet (meaning their youth, and time). But usually women over say, 40, would be more into wanting to connect with the guys who saw them and liked them. By then we know what we want, and we don't feel like wasting any time with idiotic mind games. We're real by then, and we expect men to be real too.

ok from a 21 yr old college girl here's what I would do. I'd contact both the guy who said he liked me and the one they wouldn't give info on. Why you ask? Well because the guy who like me HELLO actually LIKES me we could be going somewhere. Why would I contact Mr. Mysterious? Well I don't know if he likes me or not and it's silly to ignore someone because I don't have all the information. That is NOT NOT NOT going after the guy playing hard to get, its making sure I don't miss out on a great guy. Now if Mr. Mysterious hem and haws and won't say " hey I like you" or some other macho male verion, I'm gonna drop him. I don't want to play games, just wanna get all the info.

Thank you shine for reporting on this before fully evaluting the so called "research" Now guys will take it like an 11th commandment and dating will be even harder. X(

the researchers couldn't divulge what the guys thought.

the researchers couldn't divulge what the guys thought.

the researchers couldn't divulge what the guys thought.

If the researcher couldn't divulge..then of course we are curious. You ignoramous the guy wasn't playing hard to get the researchers were. I'd put money on it that if the researchers had come back later and said "He isn't interested" the chicks would have gone for the one that liked them. God I hate, hate hate fluff research.

It means women are just as stupid as men. Why can't we all just fall for the ones that reveal how they feel about us???

The title says women and men but the article refers to girls and boys. Is this information about adults or adolescents?

Count me out on this.. I'm not one of those women who like the guys who play hard to get.
If you are interested, then let me know... and if you want to hang out, let me know and set a date up... dont wait a week to call and ask if I want to hang out "right that moment"... plan a lil, cause we may already have other things going on.

This is an interesting study. I doubt the results are shocking to most of us who have been adults for a while, but I do find it interesting.

Girls versus women. There's a difference. The study is about the girls. The women know better. I would have loved the college aged girls to have been more grown up but it is a matter of maturity.