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Cro-Magnon Man
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Hi there

I've written the details about this scenario in my journal, but I'll just give you the headlines here.

I had a situation some time ago at a post-semester party in my school where I was talking to this cute girl who approached me, and we were getting to know each other very well. We reached a point where I was ready to ask for her number and move on to meet other people at the party. Out of the blue, a female friend of mine interrupts, yelling my name and hugging me hard. I just stood there, looking at my female friend and saying hi, then looking back at the girl I was talking to with eyebrows raised and mouth in a straight line. My friend started asking how I was doing etc. While I had no clue how to control the situation, the first girl excuses that she has to go the bathroom, and I told her see you later. An hour later or so, I would be playing table football with two male friends and the same girl I had the conversation with earlier. My female friend interrupted again, making her leave once again when the game of table football ended (this time without any excuse.. she just left).
I had observed my female friend during the night, and she would stick to her male friends mostly, have a laugh with them and flirt with a few of them. My female friend also has a boyfriend, and they have been dating for.. 2 years I think.. but they don't see each other that often because she's busy studying and he's busy working (I've been told this by a mutual friend who's close to her).

My thoughts on this? She must have been after male attention just for the sake of male attention. But why she would interrupt my conversations the way she did is, I have no idea. However, I have recently thought of one event that might have pissed her off a year prior to this event (when I wasn't familiar with GC and pickup-communities).. back then we were conversating during another party, where the conversation turned to my facial hair and how handsome she thought it was. I knew she was seeing her boyfriend back then, and I simply said "let's just pretend I didn't hear that" and turning the conversation back to something .. well, boring. Back then, I thought that even talking to female friends about which traits we found physical attractive on each other was impossible and should be kept between people in a (or about to get into a) relationship. I never considered her mate-potential, and that's why I turned down her compliment the way I did.

I wanna ask two questions
- when my female friend interrupts physically (hugging me, thereby forcing me to break circle), how do you control the situation smoothly so that you can continue the conversation with the girl you were just getting so along with?

- could the behavior of my female friend at this recent party be correlated to the time where I turned down her compliment of my facial hair, and now she is using it against me? Or am I doing some serious bullshit-overanalyzation?

Thank you in advance

a-jay
 

Whizzy

Cro-Magnon Man
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Hi a-jay7!

- when my female friend interrupts physically (hugging me, thereby forcing me to break circle), how do you control the situation smoothly so that you can continue the conversation with the girl you were just getting so along with?

There are a couple of ways to do this, first and foremost however is to not be phased by her rudeness. This can be hard at first but comes like all things with practice and being socially aware of what is happening. Once your friend starts cockblocking you, this is a perfect time to try moving the girl that you are interested in. Any excuse can work really, needing a new drink or wanting to go somewhere more quiet are two of my personal favorites. The other thing to do is to just ignore your friend altogether and to keep talking to the girl you're interested in like your friend isn't even there. This requires laser-like focus but is well worth the trouble.

- could the behavior of my female friend at this recent party be correlated to the time where I turned down her compliment of my facial hair, and now she is using it against me? Or am I doing some serious bullshit-overanalyzation?

I wouldn't over analyze why your friend is cock-blocking you too much. It could be for one of 1000 different reasons; maybe she wants to be the only girl that gets attention, maybe she is still somewhat into you and if she cant have you then nobody can, who knows. I will say this though, it seems that she enjoys getting attention from guys, more than likely because she doesn't get as much as she wants from her boyfriend/is an attention whore. This is definitely one of the downsides to having too many/if any female friends, especially if you are a sexy/attractive man.
 
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Cro-Magnon Man
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Hey Whizzy, thanks for a great reply, much appreciated! I'll definititely try these techniques in the future.

The girl I was having the great conversation with; I want to talk to her when I see her again, and find out if there is still a connection. If it's still there, I'll try to get her number. If it ain't there, then I'm moving on.

Regarding the cockblock, how should I be/act around her? Just the way I am normally? I'm not satisfied with her behavior and feel like I should "punish" her for it. Like ignoring her or be aloof.

a-jay
 

Whizzy

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Yeah ignoring her or being aloof can work, either or. Just make sure that you only do this when she is being a clown though so that she realizes what she did wrong
 
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