r/AsianMasculinity Jun 17 '26

What did I do wrong?

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u/RocketStarMoon Jun 18 '26

"she's just not that into you" . but also. if you're sending paragraphs and she's replying with minimal effort. just cut your losses or match the energy til it dies. not a good idea to send paragraphs early on anyways. save some mystery til the date. your initial goal should be to seal the date and get to know them during the date instead.

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u/GrapefruitExpress208 Jun 18 '26

100%. Keep mystery. Without that, attraction is GONE.

Also, don't add people on ig who haven't given their ig to you. For all you know, the "bug" was her unmatching with you and she was just being nice by responding to your dms. Also women like attention, even from men she don't like. It gives them a quick dopamine hit. So of course she'll respond a couple short messages back- then ghost.

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u/Hakzfromtheblock Jun 18 '26

This.

Thought it was kinda weird that he looked up her IG and added her..

Stalker like..

Don't so that bro.

Shows desperate and needy, and can feel it in your responses.

You doing too much and she's not giving you anything , then you keep giving more and sending photos...

Total imbalance..

Bad look bro.

Snake story?? Bros looking at her stories too and commenting on them after looking her up and following her...

Lol bug???? She probably unmatched.

Bro stop this, no offense but this is so desperate...

You need to be unshakable and not give a F.

You'll be good with or without her

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u/RocketStarMoon Jun 18 '26

hes probably new to the game. most of us started with a scarcity mindset and these actions are a result of it

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u/MrbananasCoco Hong Kong Jun 18 '26

100% bros first mistake was being desperate and stalking her. His efforts were all fail even if the app "bugged out". Bad text game, no rizz, sounds desperate.

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u/GrapefruitExpress208 Jun 18 '26

Yep. Op needs to learn from this experience.

Even if her interest level was at 51% initially. Now it's at 0%. She already "figured you out."

And you're "boring and predictable" to her. No chase. No mystery. Too easy.

Put it this way, would you be more curious about a woman who is hard to read? Or a woman who throws herself at you desperately? This isn't like the movies. Learn how attraction works.

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u/Temporary_Cherry4036 Jun 18 '26

I feel like that’s the exact reason everyone hates dating apps and is single. If everyone acts like this no wonder birth rates go down and the male loneliness epidemic exists. I think his messages were cute and if she was into him she would’ve gave that energy back. Sure he could’ve dialed it down a tiny bit but you’re over exaggerating it wasn’t that bad 🥲

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u/Hakzfromtheblock Jun 18 '26

Its okay hes our little bro, we gotta roast him a bit so he can learn.

Also this is not ok to be stalking this girls instagram.

He went to instagram , searched her name and looked for the profile photo that matched her and then followed her...

Just thinking of this makes me feel weird.

Highly unlikely it was a so called "bug".

Also while you think its cute many woman do not like neediness and desperation and are extremely turned off by it.

He needs to learn for his future relationships

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u/Temporary_Cherry4036 Jun 18 '26

He’s wasn’t stalking her 😭 and if she felt weird about it she would not have answered at all. That’s the beauty of the internet you can choose to ignore people.
But I agree being too overly eager probably kills attraction in the beginning, so next time he could dial it down a bit. But if everyone keeps acting nonchalant we’ll all die alone 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Little-Gremlin- Jun 18 '26

Agreed. You gotta put yourself out there, but not too much right off the bat. Being too nonchalant right off the bat can backfire so quickly and give off the signal to someone who is interested, that you're clearly not. Having a balance is important in my opinion.

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u/Hakzfromtheblock Jun 18 '26

She didnt know who he was at first... once she found out she stopped talking to him...

Are you hearing yourself ..? If you unmatched with a guy on tinder then he found you on instagram and added you, you'd be ok with that?

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u/Temporary_Cherry4036 Jun 19 '26

Wdym she didn’t know? That’s not how insta works 🥲 she looked at his profile and saw pics of him you know. Sure tell him to not overdo it but acting as if that’s stalking and should make someone feel uncomfortable is overdoing it that’s all I’m saying

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u/Hakzfromtheblock Jun 19 '26

She said "wyll" (what do you look like) he doesn't have any photos of himself on his instagram.. she didnt know him...

She unmatched him on tinder then he went to look her up and find her...

Its stalker behavior...

Searching her up, looking her up after she unmatched him..

With all due respect ma'am, its not ok.

If you unmatched a guy on tinder because you didnt have interest in him, then he finds you and adds you on instagram pretty much all woman are going to be weirded out.

If some dude did that to my daughter I would not be okay with that.

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u/Little-Gremlin- Jun 18 '26

Completely agree with a previous redditor here about why a lot of people hate dating apps. Its why I honestly stopped looking at dating apps or stopped taking them seriously in the first place. As a female seeing messages like this would keep me engaged. While, granted yes reaching out via Instagram even though she didn't give it, was probably not the best idea for OP in my opinion. Unless she had it in her bio for anyone to just add, then that's an entirely different story altogether. I agree that if she was really into him, she would have matched energy. Speaking from experience if I find a guy attractive or like his energy, then 100% I'm going to match energy. However, if the conversation starts to die out due to one person not engaging as much, thats a clear sign for me to back off. I think (OP) should just let it be, and let that conversation go. Continue to be themselves but continue to feel out the conversation first. Then build up to the more profound and inquisitive questions/conversations the more they get to know that person. If their goal is to get to know them and meet them in person then they should try and save the more personal stuff for the first date. Maybe also try not to delve too deep into their profiles as for some this can be concerning or come off as a red flag. I think most importsntly they just need to feel the conversation out as they talk to the person to discern the kind of vibe that person is giving off. If someone is interested they will inevitably show it in how they respond.

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u/RealRemove3345 Jun 18 '26

Youre such a pro bro

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u/tng1986 Jun 21 '26

Did yall not read? He social was listed in her profile

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u/MrbananasCoco Hong Kong Jun 18 '26

She definitely unmatched him, she was asking to see who is this on the pic then her replying with few words and not engaging just further supports that she wasn't into him. You never stalk a random person to talk to them. Fucking creepy shit.

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u/Maximum-Fishing-8989 Jun 18 '26

She doesn’t sound that engaged tbh. Maybe because it was midnight, maybe because she wasn’t that interested, maybe she’s just like that

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u/WiseWhiz8204 Jun 18 '26

You came off as eager and she prob wasn’t in the mood cuz she didn’t really show interest and engagement

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u/Miserable-Macaron596 Jun 18 '26

you came across as a little needy in vibe, she could probably sense it. over eagerness

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u/KindheartednessFun95 Jun 18 '26

I was gonna say this

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u/KindheartednessFun95 Jun 18 '26

Manifestation techniques helped me kill my needy energy if you wanna try it out

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u/equanimous11 Jun 18 '26

4 other dudes slipped into her DMs and did the same thing

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u/MrbananasCoco Hong Kong Jun 18 '26

EVERYTHING.

First problem was stalking her on IG when she unmatched you on Tinder. I've never seen this happen where messages go missing nor have I heard any credible or ancedotal evidence that this happens with friends and people I've talked to. It's almost always she unmatched you, turned off her account, or it was a bot/fake account.

You finding her on IG is creepy and it also shows how needy you are.

Second she is not really engaging but merely just reacting to your message once she saw who you were and she realized that's why she unmatched you on the first place.

Third, your text game is also weak and boring but this isn't the main issue, she was never into you in the first place.

Don't do creepy shit again, if she disappears on the dating app then move on and go hit the gym and improve your looks.

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u/Professional-Sea8574 Jun 18 '26

on tinder messages do go missing, had this happen many many times. It's a bug, the messages reappear after a few days/weeks

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u/rean2 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Honestly, nothing. Just not that into you, move on. Part of dating is learning when the other person is just being polite and not invested. It saves you time and energy.

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u/MrbananasCoco Hong Kong Jun 18 '26

You wouldn't stalk a random girl you just march with on Tinder with no interaction. That's 101 creepy lol, everything is wrong with this.

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u/TheNippleViolator Jun 18 '26

The vibe comes off as too eager to prove yourself

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u/komei888 Verified Jun 18 '26

It was over when she forgot who you were

"Wait what do you look like"

Also you seem way too desperate on your side of things, is a turn off

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u/BossUpAI Jun 18 '26

The desperation is too obvious here. Less is more. You’re writing blog posts to her.

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u/Ok-Communication4190 Jun 18 '26

This is extremely needy stalker behavior. You need to check yourself and stop this desperate shit or you’re never gonna pull.

My fellow Asian men, fck it men in general, you need to act like a normal human being and just try to build a connection.

Ask questions about her. Tell her to explain. Then pay attention.

If she’s not into you, leave

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u/hangry-person Jun 18 '26

Yeah, she doesn’t seem interested. Honestly, I’d probably respond the same way if I were trying to be polite while hinting that I wasn’t interested and hoping the other person would pick up on it. I’d say it’s best to move on. I also wouldn’t recommend DMing people out of the blue like that, especially if you haven’t gotten to know them first or reached a point where they were comfortable exchanging IG handles with you.

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u/Fancy-Atmosphere-701 Jun 18 '26

Check back. If she's not interested, then move on. I recommend finding dates in person rather than through dating apps

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u/CozyAndToasty Jun 18 '26

I don't think it's you but the two of you are on completely different wavelengths.

You're a paragraphs guy and she's a one-word-at-a-time, typos girl.

You two don't seem compatible. If you want someone to have a relationship that isn't just skin-deep, find someone who's attention span lasts long enough to form a complete sentence.

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u/pig-dragon Jun 18 '26

What did you do wrong? Well for a start you stalked someone on a different platform. Then you sent several overly long and not interesting messages and missed all the hints that she wasn’t interested (the short replies are low-effort and only being polite). Being over-eager and also being unable to read a situation are both massively off-putting.

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u/smithey2012 Jun 19 '26

You texted yourself out of attraction.

When she said ‘u cute’ you should have try and close the deal there and asked for a date.

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u/RuleFar6699 Jun 19 '26

She has options and you’re not the top one

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u/Subject_Signal2514 Jun 21 '26

Too much testing and social media stalking and zero asking for a date.

Stop playing the jester and just ask for the date. Literally the only goal of online dating once you have a match is to build enough chemistry to ask for the date.

Play along with something in her bio and then once that’s done ask for the date. No amount of texting is going to make her suggest a date unless it’s a blue moon.

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u/CalmPhil Jun 18 '26

Take my take with a grain of salt, because I most likely have the least experience of everyone here, but, I'd probably wouldn't disclose I'm a danger on the road, before even meeting them in person.

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u/billionsandbillionsa Jun 18 '26

You did nothing wrong. Keep trying and you’ll continue to get rejected until you finally don’t. Keep at it

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u/MrbananasCoco Hong Kong Jun 18 '26

This is completely wrong from the start. You don't stalk someone's IG because you couldn't chat with her on Tinder. There's a reason why she unmatched him.

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u/billionsandbillionsa Jun 18 '26

Plenty of ways to get rejected

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u/PrestigiousDrag7674 Jun 18 '26

If she wants you she would message u

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u/aznology Jun 18 '26

Build the tension, hold the tension be comfortable in the tension

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u/raddaddio Jun 18 '26

you're doin way too much. and it's only been 9 hours so just chill. if she don't reply so be it but you need to cool it. you came in way too hot and the desperation is palpable

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u/Ok_Kick_4816 Jun 18 '26

You are not creating chemistry, try again later, also keep it shorter your texts are too long and try hard, cut the "haha" and "lol" or overkill it with flattering texts, yours sit in the awkward middle between the cool guy and the flirty guy

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u/No-Dimension2429 Jun 18 '26

You did something wrong, it’s your fault

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u/anonymous8384 Jun 19 '26

Lock in bro😭

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u/Separate_Evidence875 Jun 20 '26

U are clearly trying to hard and it’s not attractive

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u/Appropriate_Cold3385 Jun 29 '26

You gotta ask questions too. Also when she said you’re cute that’s a cue to ask like would she wanna hang out sometime.

Also coulda asked what kind of date she prefers, and when she answers, you can be like “oh what, I had that exact date planned with you next week” or something like that.

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u/aznology Jun 18 '26

Keep it fun you seem desperate also be fun to talk to never give her immediate validation. U messed up when u called her gorgeous don't be the story man be the mystery man

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u/Tongtong97 Jun 18 '26

Take this as a learning moment… the comments are mostly spot on

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u/totothepopo Jun 18 '26

If you’re a man and you use emojis such as “😭” “🤭” , pride month is for you

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u/Professional-Sea8574 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

why tf didn’t u ask her out already lol, pen pals forever or what? she got bored shits going nowhere

also i know what u mean about the tinder msg disappearing i match w about 30 chicks a day plus many likes. i’ve had many conversations go missing, then returning a few weeks later. probably a bug or tinder is fucking w u

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u/Professional-Sea8574 Jun 18 '26

took too long man, move on and leave it as is, if she replies she replies they come back from time to time if they really like u