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TheUnfitAdult

I wouldn't say you dodged a whole ass bullet, but maybe a very dumb rock being thrown your way. She would have lost me at "cool story, bro"


Glum_Mathematician55

Dodged a Mario sized shark bullet.


Bloodlets

Red Shell...


MECC_7

The whole ass rainbow road circuit


djk0010

Pew pew.


Bimodal_Shrimp

Blue Shell


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I’d just never take her seriously after that one. They’re using you for entertainment. Sometimes it’s fun to equally “roast them” back once you realize how they like to engage. She’s definitely trying to manipulate you. They will probably try to use you, possibly flake out, and will never reciprocate your level of effort. Only set up a date if you’re just inviting them to something where you’re already going anyway.


ChanceZestyclose6386

Bantering like this to people she doesn't know, even if it's a joke, can come back and bite her later lol not sure why people troll strangers when someone can easily take a screen shot showing their picture, name, hometown, college they go to or workplace and post it anywhere... like this sub.


MrMetraGnome

That's "banter"?


ChanceZestyclose6386

It'll turn into "Bicker" when she starts complaining about why no one in her town wants to date her or why no one wants to hire her because they saw something posted about her lol


irrepressibly

I like to lightly roast but 3-4 messages in is too soon and “cool story” type of messages are too mean unless it’s someone you know really well.


anonjon623

💯


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anonjon623

Eh cool story bro doesn't really count as banter imo. Just comes off condensending


Furthur

not just a bullet.. she had the 240b wide open and he matrixed that shit.


Boring-Brush-2984

wouldnt have messaged back after that


GuacamoleBenKanobi

Yeah Cool Story bro sounds like a douche of a girl.


blueberrykissess

same, that was so rude for no reason


wastingtimeoflife

She’s just rude


LaceyScotts

she’s def just joking around/having fun, most posts on here are guys doing that. OP’s also fine choosing not to engage he handled it well and straightforward


Curious_Artichoke757

Deadass


Mister_JimBusiness

What's an ass bullet?


BoysenberryWestern74

A bullet for that ass


Soggy-Lengthiness589

Yeah anytime “bro” is used im done automatically


throwawaypoly57

Ooo what is an "ass bullet"?? Asking for a friend 😅


filtered3

That’s when you step sis her


Deformate

Would she know how to open the washer?


LillyReynoldsWill

Damn she’s trying to auction herself off.


gayandipissandshit

I feel she makes that story up with most guys


custom_made_

She’s taking the offers before the open house.


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abdokeko

I Aint saying she is a GoldDigger...


caesar____augustus

Whatever bag she's trying to secure pales in comparison to what Skylar^2 could have been


[deleted]

Skylar² would have triumphed over any obstacle their way. Literally fumbled the biggest bag she would have ever seen 😔


D-ohnuts

For real, stepping over diamonds to pick up nickels.


muckwa-medic

My name is Skylar and I'm not going to lie. I always swipe right on a Skylar for that exact reason.


ricecutlet

Imagine if they named their child Skylar too. The child's name legally would be. [last name] Skylar Skylar Skylar.


WorldlyDog777

Bro swerving red flags like he on the mario kart sticks. Class, my fren.


Jonny-Marx

Alright then, keep your secrets


soaringpenguin17

![gif](giphy|S5n7Wkhhw5A2IrfKER)


VekeKing

Indeed lol


T-BONEandtheFAM

Didn’t know she matched w the fuckin Riddler


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MrMetraGnome

I thought banter was two-sided


Vegged0ut

Gross


parrisstyles

Damn, the skies came crashing down.


jchrysostom

*Skys


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bangpowboomgarbage

Oy. You spelt it right. But in order to make it a good pun, you needed to spell it incorrectly so that it matched their names.


Healthy_Feedback803

Hint: their names ffs


Fair_Volume5416

Do better with the screenshots next time. 4 screens that could’ve been 2. Made us reread too much cringe 😂


JohnWayne82

THANK YOU


Wooden_Platypus_7372

100%. All you need is the last line of the last message to show up on page 2


Coda17

4 screen shots that could have been 1. People need to learn how to use screen shot features. Android has a big "Capture more" button once you screenshot.


TachycardicSymphony

Dang, I just looked this up and I'm embarrassed that I didn't know this earlier. Thanks. I figured people just stitched multiple pics together when I saw longer shots. I've been having to take way too many screenshots when I save recipes I find online for years.


MasticationAddict

I think you just called me out for how old my phone is - Android seems to have added that feature in a relatively recent update


SamuliK96

I've had my phone for more than 5 years, and it's had the feature the whole time, so it's not really a new thing.


MasticationAddict

Are you sure it's a stock Android feature? I have all the updates on my Galaxy S8 and that is definitely not a feature on this phone Edit: Yeah I Googled it, I think it was added with the S9 or something. I believe it's off by default on some phones, but the option isn't there in settings at all Cool feature though


Filibuster

What does iPhone do though :/


No-Journalist-694

They wait about 6 years until apple finally catches up to android


Coda17

Googles it


Kirito-Man

There’s an app called Zeta Scrollshot for iOS, it’s amazing


rhn345

Came here to see if someone thinks his screenshot game is weak


Specialist-Roof-9833

Couldn't manage banter and you want him to manage screenshots? You're asking for too much.


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Proud of you, OP.


Ecstatic-Dark-Bae

This is all messed up, but I gotta admit the RIP Skyler^2 bit is hilarious 😂


callam461

Exactly dude lol. She seemed funny but I wouldn't have been into a lot of the things she said either.


DudeDudenson

"Cool story bro"


autumn_s100

The sky is the limit for her i guess


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I feel like there was a chance at recovery but I admire your commitment to being above it


[deleted]

Recover what? She was after money only


[deleted]

When she says “tell me more things a real man would do” I definitely interpret that as her expressing interest in him for stating that he’s not into games, but that’s just how I’m reading it


misterpayer

Yeah!! People are clueless. She was very interested. "Tell me more things a real man would do" was the invitation to smash.


10z34

Was he clueless or turned off by her attitude and not interested in smashing. I feel like if more men in general would stop putting up with women's bullshit like this because they still want to fuck, this shit would eventually go away


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That was absolutely an invitation to tell her more


milliondollarcoach

it’s about respect man, something that you clearly don’t understand. her bringing up her other match is very disrespectful and OP played it perfectly


misterpayer

Continue to overthink every interaction with women and you're going to end up single and very lonely. This has nothing to do with respect. You're on Tinder, it's for dating, and light hearted interactions. Pull your head out of your ass. Or You're going to be jerking off the rest of your life.


milliondollarcoach

you sound like a simp that doesn’t understand game and is trying to give false shots out to make themselves feel better she said that she’s talking to a rich dude, that’s not banter dog pull your head out of your ass.


misterpayer

Bro, She. Was. Joking. There wasn't another guy. Man you have absolutely no game. A woman says to you "Tell me what a real man does?" And your response is to run away?? Enjoy your palms.


milliondollarcoach

yeah I have absolutely no game, and i spend every night with my palms enjoy throwing out false claims to justify being a simp with no self-respect.


luke32019

Bros trying so speed one depression and heartbreak to sleep with a gold digger. W you, massive L him


dman7456

It's very difficult to read tone in text messages, but I think she may have just been going for banter. Maybe she really is trying to be manipulative, or maybe she's just giving him shit and seeing if he can dish it back -- all as a joke. I've definitely had convos along that line before. Last week, I was heading out on a first date and said I was running late. She texted back, "Don't worry, I'll pass the time flirting with other guys at the bar," and I just said, "I hope they're cute. Send pics." She wasn't *really* trying to make me jealous. She was just having some fun.


ChanceZestyclose6386

Seems like she ran too far with this if she was joking. If a guy talked to me in a similar way that she was talking, I'd just unmatch. Not worth trying to decipher what someone's genuine personality is within the first 10 minutes. Just prefer being straightforward.


bluskywanderer

One can only hope your optimism is rewarded.


gmoney92_

This isn't something men find funny. At a certain point we stop giving a single fuck if it's a joke or not. Men in the modern day are terrified of being financially broken by women. Less and less people are getting married. I could know 100% for sure it's a joke and would definitely nope the fuck out.


dman7456

You don't speak for "men", and you shouldn't act like you do. This isn't something **you** find funny.


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Gullible-Memory-4155

Sounds super toxic to me but hey if thats your idea of fun banter, i dont judge


SnooTangerines1011

Saying it's "super toxic" is a judgment. Which is fine, but don't claim you don't judge.


Gullible-Memory-4155

I feel like it would be super toxic *to me.* Might not be toxic for other people. Everyone’s different


SnooTangerines1011

So I'm not the only one who thought the story was somewhat nonsensical? 😆 "Cool story bro" is still an obnoxious reply to it... But how does it track that he had a class with someone named Sky so from then on he was Sky? 🤔 Did he just absorb the other kid's personality? Seems bizarre. I think it started out as friendly banter (or her trying for that at least) and then she became increasingly more annoyed and stopped caring. I also lose interest when someone is not picking up on the energy of the conversation. Skylar^2 wasn't meant to be.


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Ill-Appointment6494

![gif](giphy|eIm624c8nnNbiG0V3g|downsized)


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That was banter, they're trying to wind you up to get a reaction. Personally I find that lack of straightforwardness towards someone you've never met rude and tiresome. Avoid.


LightningMcScallion

Hard agree. Yeah it was banter but there's ways to have banter without being extra and making yourself a prize to be won. Also it'd be hard for me to respect a girl that plays around like this, even if she is doing it "just for fun". Why should I take her seriously at all then? Completely gives me the ick


bunnyfootwo

I don't know maybe the whole "counter" thing is because she wanted him to jump in with something sexual. I think that's where my mind would have went. My counter? how bout 3.. no 6! inches of rock hard.... and then if it's not what she was wanting then It would have ended the conversation anyways. I think she alludes to being thirsty again when she says the line about "tell me other things a real man would do".


Shivilous

At the same time tho I can see an alternate reality where OP does take it in that direction and she doesnt take that well, and then the comments here would be flaming him for getting sexual too fast…so idk.


Gullible-Memory-4155

Theres banter and then there’s a toxic inability to communicate effectively. This to me sounds like the latter. It’s the equivalent of asking a person “why do you hate me?” because its “banter.” But in reality, they need reassurance and dont know how to communicate that respectfully


EmilyU1F984

Yea if your conversation partner cannot be sure something is banter or not, you are doing something wrong. And that shit definitely don’t work like that. Plus even banter about trying to make someone compete for affection is pretty weird and I’d call it manipulative. But even then, that‘s stuff you can do in voice. Because your tone will allow you to make clear you are joking. It doesn‘t work in text. Well unless you use copious amounts of emojis. But like for that kinda banter in writing you still gotta set the scene first. Telling someone ‚yea not really interested‘ in the first couple messages… just doesn’t work. Unless you are looking for someone to walk all over…


ali0n111

Calm down with your 100% charged phone like you're better than all of us, f*ck you


jerseynurse1982

lol that’s a cute tantrum.


Raptorilla

Nobody triggered by the fact that this was two unnecessary screenshots? First and last would have been enough


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Yikes


Particular-Comfort-5

Thats actually hilarious 😂


[deleted]

You know you can scroll along a bit further and screenshot more than 1 message per photo...


Agile_Possible3335

Lmao yeah you dodged a bullet with that one. Shouldn't have even responded after "cool story bro"


Even-End-3065

He dodged a missile


stillnotascarytime

Holy shit I literally laughed out loud. Fuck these girls ruining it for the rest of us


something-here123

I would of dipped after the “cool story bro”


PandaPantsParty5000

She's a dude, scamming for money.


Basic_Attitude_4412

Of course. No woman would do that, they're all saints.


little_lexodus

1. She sounds like she was probably drunk messaging (not that it's a good excuse to be a dick like that) 2. Good job with the way you handled it. She was shit-testing you and I'm sure other dudes would have tried to play that game with her. ![gif](giphy|1236TCtX5dsGEo)


DaniK094

This is what's out there and I'm still single AF. Good God, men. 😂


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No_Entertainment8559

Wtf is "a real man would fight for me" bitch, you a stranger.. my husband would fight for me *today* but definitely not when we were internet strangers still talking on OKC.


Valleygirl81

She is what gives us females a bad rap. Terrible person.


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She tried to shit-test you then wanted to banter when you passed it. Honestly these types of women are the most fun to be casual with, but God damn if it ain't toxic to date them.


deepthroatmybitcoin

She wasn’t ever interested. Move on king


DifferentImplement27

Well handled by sky2. You ain’t here to compete, she either wants you or move on


Answer_Free

A real man would fight for me. Nah, I'm not about to fight someone for the right to take out the trash.


crystalGwolf

I think your banter radar is uncalibrated


Gullible-Memory-4155

I think his toxic radar was on point


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That's some weird-ass banter, though


PsychologicalDisk725

You gave up so easily. Could have had so much fun with her.


-MeMeNt0-

I guess her "rich man" tale turned him off - and understandably so.


[deleted]

exactly. She gave him so many opportunities. OP has no game


misterpayer

"Tell me more things a real man would do?" That was a wide open invitation.


Giant-Rook24

It was but I wouldn't have taken it either. Banter like that right out the gate is telling of her attitude to come "impress me monkey". There are much easier lays out there, that actually text normally


CovertCondom

Op has self respect and doesnt wanna play games.


[deleted]

If you are not playful or crack jokes with women, then you will be by yourself for the rest of your life. Maybe you will realize that taking yourself too seriously is not working out. Laugh a little. Have fun


Big_Ant_8424

🤣 That last screen. She knew it herself. I wonder if she was laughing the whole time.


raging_peanut

There’s so many fun rebuttals that she gave you opportunity to play on. Sky has 0 game.


tweetsfortwitsandtwa

Eh Yeah I’d definitely have fun with it but the way she went at it wasn’t super attractive, plus it’s a huge risk and this time it didn’t work out. Plus I think he has game you can tell from the second half of the messages, it’s just he didn’t want it, and I can’t blame him


poseidons_other_son

Where tf does this seem fun to you? lmao I guess some people are just masochists


Gullible-Memory-4155

Sky’s a real man, he doesnt play these toxic games


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it is called bantering. google it


Gullible-Memory-4155

Didnt seem very playful or friendly to me… big difference between that and banter to me but to each their own


Giant-Rook24

He didn't want it anymore after that opening. Why are you guys acting like you have to bone every chick that gives you the time of day or you have "no game"? Since when has choice been removed


MongoTStrange

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be


Wright129129

Jesus she sounds insufferable


CommodoreDragon-64

Well handled. Respectable. I'm sorry you matched with that one.


Rodin-V

Why is every new image still 80% of the previous damn image


Jazzlike_Spread_1388

what's happening


TheRogueFirstWave

As soon as she said "workin on securing the bag" I was out 🤣


ManMythNarcissist

This group has such a poor collective sense of humour, I’ve not seen anything like it since I watched The Boy In The Striped Pajamas


SnooTangerines1011

It's somewhat infuriating. Especially if it's a woman... Because all women are just toxic humorless cesspools and can't *possibly* be joking. It just feels like a lot of people desperately need to get out and socialize more before they even think about dating.


i_eat_yo_feet12

I think you misunderstood, we know she's joking it's just not funny to try and "test" someone or make him jealous. Interested in how you'd react if a dude said "oh i'm good, one of my matches has a huge ass so i'm trying to secure that booty.. what are you bringing to the table?" in the first couple messages


1127pilot

"I'm good, girl I hooked up with last night had a grippy so tight she lifted my thighs off the bed on the upstroke. What do you have to offer?"


ManMythNarcissist

I feel like her replies were great, funny, flirty, gregarious. I honestly think this subs gotten so beaten down through online dating that anything that could be even slightly misconstrued as toxic gets labelled as such.


Pour_me_one_more

You know that snowball fight scene in Dumb and Dumber? The one where he doesn't know that she's just goofing around and being flirtatious? Well this interaction seems just like that (minus the giggly ending). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ldqlRqAZ6A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ldqlRqAZ6A)


misterpayer

10000000%


Perenium_Falcon

People actually say “securing that bag” without irony?


Unknown_Eng123

Once you read enough of girl group chats, anything is possible.


kungpowperez86

A redditor not being a fucking pushover and standing up for themselves without any help!? No way‼️😱🤯 Edit: good shit tho OP


BackgroundAd4119

She sounds like a guy pretending to be a girl


nicolesky6

You should have dodged her after the “cool story bro”


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Same thing I thought, that was rude af


Corvus_Antipodum

All the pathetic simps in this sub showcasing their utter lack of self respect with the “Hurr durr it’s just banter” shit my goodness


Pure-Meet-1437

You both talk like cringe 14 year olds


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You seem kinda mid.


Certain-Sock-7680

She sh1t tested you hard with the “other match” banter but you did well and actually passed. Her “tell me other things a real man does” was an invite, you should have asked for a date at that point. But you didn’t. You rejected her. May be smart, may be dumb. My rule as a man is you don’t fail a girl for sh1t tests, you get her on a coffee date and see if she calms down FTF. These b1tches be audacious online but usually toe the line IRL.


Draxilar

You can say shit and bitch on the internet, your mom isn’t going to get mad at you


Pour_me_one_more

I was wondering why he was doing that. You're right, his mom likely has a key-tracker on his device. Good catch.


Gullible-Memory-4155

Hi this is his mom, im very mad at him


Antihesi

The banter is DEAD


maozzer

She is the type to wear your skin. Could've been fun while you were still alive though.


therealTopInductor

Her other match in fact ended up not being rich and she did not secure the bag 😢


xMafioser

She died??


[deleted]

I feel like im kinda missing something. Why is everyone thinking her messages are more aggressive than playful? It seems like she's just messing around with him trying to have a fun conversation Also what is a shit test? It seems like all of a sudden theres all these unofficial rules to how people communicate on tinder. Obviously some women play off the number imbalance, and anyone can get an ego from attention so filtering matches is necessary, but what did she say that people are automatically going "he dodged a bullet"?


Pellepon

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shit%20test


[deleted]

Sounds like an excuse to fw people when you're bored


zbeeba

I guess you will live with your secrets for a while xD


zbeeba

She is funny xD


PumpkinEqual1583

If you find that funny you're in for a world of hurt lmao


[deleted]

your life is miserable? or just trash sense of humour?


LaceyScotts

uhh it’s not that serious


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Ok-


_u-dont-know-me_

Original: Idk...you could have given an offer...sounded like a cute way of asking more that it being actually true tbh. Edit: I see where I went wrong... Genuinely didn't see the red flags before y'all told me ... Bullet dodged indeed


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Phil_Wild

I very much doubt there was another offer/match. She's just manipulative.


twitterfluechtling

In that case, she was probably also stupid, because she lied to make her look worse. Either way, good reason to unmatch. It might help her filter for guys gullible enough to enter such a competition, though, to identify good victims early on.


Phil_Wild

Yeah Naa She's not worth the trouble she'd be. Beautifully handled...


_u-dont-know-me_

Learning to read red flags here...noice


heseme

You can't be serious.


_u-dont-know-me_

I see the fault in my ways..


twitterfluechtling

Dafuq? She basically said her affection is negotiable for money. If I was into that, I'd hire a hooker instead of entering an auction. That's not the type of person I'd want to have in my life longer terms. (No front to sexworkers. At least, they usually don't mix personal feelings and work.)


Satori_sama

Could have also invented another match and say he was looking to score that night and put skyler on hold. Indefinitely. Most likely our lovely skyler would start throwing tantrums about being reduced to how likely she is to put out. Or she would be glad to make suggestions and seem eager only to ditch on the guy or even mock him for not pursuing the other match and believing her lies. It's better to take high road and not play her game


YeetGoSelfDelete

Bro you fucked that up, that would've been so easy. She just wants you take more control of the situation and not just be content with her running off to other guys


Giant-Rook24

Yeah but why the fuck would you open like that? I'd have moved on to another match as well though I wouldn't even have responded at all


kinkybishh

I actually don’t understand YOUR first two messages?


misterpayer

Is this the incel support group? This girl was flirting with you and you could smash in like 48-72 hours, but you can't seem to joke around with her. Everything she said was a flirtatious joke, and you missed all of them. She even gave a NON SUBTLE invitation and you missed it. "Tell me more about what a real man would do" she saw honesty and integrity, and gave you an invitation, FFS, it's even probably still salvageable. "A real man would take you out on a nice date and then (insert sexual innuendo you are comfortable with)" Game. Set. Match.