Predator or Prey or Something in Between?

Is it possible that sometimes we are too out there with ourselves? I've always believed that one should never have any regrets therefore, let yourself be acknowledged, "put yourself out there!". After years of the same routine maybe it just doesn't work quite as well as we've been told.

I live by the motto of, "no regrets" so that I never think to myself, "what if?". Now I find that it is increasingly becoming more difficult not to feel like giving up, but then the thought comes to me, why should I give up? I understand the concepts of not showing interest, or playing games. I can't say that I am one for games, yet apparently one needs to know how to handle themselves to seem more desirable to the opposite sex, but why? Are we not good enough the way we are?

If we are interested in someone, we like them, why can't we just show it? Or god forbid we actually tell them! This has continued to baffle me. Maybe we get shot down once, twice, a few times, but it won't kill us! Why are we so afraid to show the other person how we feel about them? Wouldn't it be better to get this part out of the way first so in the end if we don't quite work out at least we didn't waste each other's time?

In the grand scheme of things does it really matter whether you played the game or not? Let's just stop playing the roles of predator and prey and let's enjoy the time we have with each other, no rules, no games. I think if we decide to just throw the rule book out the window, even just for a day, we might see a change in the way men and women ineract with each other. Why are we so afriad to show who we really are? I say come out with it, because if he or she doesn't like you for you then it's a waste of time anyways. The person you are meant to be with will accept you for who you are not for the games you play. So maybe it is good to put yourself out there otherwise you might get lost amoung all the other prey and you are too unique and wonderful in your own way to allow that to happen.


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