 Don't tell people to play hard to get. Let's find out why in debunked Versailles. Let's go. Back in 1973, five experiments were done with college age males. In every experiment, the participants confirmed they'd rather ask out someone who reciprocates their feelings rather than someone who flirts with everyone or no one. In 2015, another study was done with teenagers where they came to the same conclusion. Think about it. Would you slide into someone's DMs if you knew they were flirting with a bunch of other people or showing no interest at all? Probably not. Earlier this year, another study was published where they found that their strategy will backfire. If you're pulling away too much, your crush may think that you're not interested at all and stop pursuing literally the opposite of your goal. So what did we learn? Ultimately, playing hard to get paints a false picture of yourself to others and tends to push away anyone you really want to shot with. So take a deep breath and let them know you like them. It may work better than you think.