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Some background: I'm a very good looking guy, and I work at a job where I constantly interact with new girls. When I was younger I didn't care at all for relationships, so I just looked to "score" as much as possible. And I've developed a reputation for that, which honestly has actually helped me get even more girls. The result is that I've been with a lot of girls and everybody knows it, the girls included.

So the problem is that now I'm a bit older (29), and I want an actual relationship. What happens is that when a girl shows up that I know will be nothing more than a FWB, I just talk to her casually, and nothing much comes of it. Which is good, and sometimes they text a lot because they're interested, but I just don't show much interest and they get the message that we're just FWBs and that's that.

But sometimes there's a girl I do like. And then I figure all I gotta do is just let her know that, and it'll work itself out. But it seems that if I text her back, and try and go on actual dates and that stuff, that something happens and they become distant, and it all sort of falls apart. Note that this is always after already having sex, usually very soon after we meet.

My guy-friends say I'm just being too available. And I gotta play "hard to get", like I do with the other girls. The thing is that I'm not playing anything. With the other girls I'm just not interested, so I don't put as much into it. So am I supposed to fake it with the ones I do like, and treat them as if I don't like them? Is it just my "reputation" that's making them think I couldn't possibly be really interested in them?
<bot>: I'm a desirable guy, and I can't get girls to see me as more than just sex. Should I be playing "hard to get" in spite of the fact that most girls say they hate that?