Dating Tip #2: He who cares the least, holds the power.

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Way too often, I hear girls sputtering about whether or not it's too early to text him, considering she'd seen him just last night. Or my guy friend will tell me that he's got to keep her wanting more, so he'll pull his mysterious disappearing act. I've heard, seen and done it all. The dating game is exactly that - it's a game; one that we try to play as tactfully as we can as to appear as desirable as possible to our date.

What exactly does this game entail? It entails looking as though we are the lesser-involved party of the two. As people, we instinctively love the chase (right? how many times have I drilled that one into your heads?). If we are more tantalized by someone who isn't giving us the time of day, they are too. Knowing this, we try to make our presence as scarce as possible. How? By seeming as though we have other options, too. While for some of us, this is a very calculated head game (girls, I'm looking at you), for others, the prospect of losing a potential date/hook up/one-night stand isn't that detrimental. When you don't matter so much to somebody, you don't require as much of their attention. Simple.

Game, or real life scenario, that is the message you are delivering when you don't deliver. Therefore, the power in the dating game is held by he who cares (or well, pretends to care) the least.