how would you interpret this?

[bivonic]

I\'ve hung out (not dated) this girl a few times, and twice she\'s asked me, \"are you jealous of him?\" she will say that with a smile. I like this girl & she knows it, so I am honest with her & I tell her \"yes\" with a smile. Her reply to that is, \"you shouldn\'t be.\"

In general when a girl asks me if I am jealous should I be honest or always say no & try to play it off like, \"jealous of him? You gotta be kidding me, he\'s got nothing on me...\" and then find a flaw in him? And then maybe if she sees through my BS be like, \"well maybe I\'m jealous of the attention you are giving him.\"

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Truthfully, I think a girl who is that blatantly manipulative does not deserve an honest answer so tell her whatever you feel like saying at the moment. But I liked your last one, I\'d use that first, because it comes right back at her and it\'s honest.

Male jealousy is a form of flattery so it\'s never a good idea to say you\'re not jealous when she asks you, if you\'re in positive flirting mode (lots of compliments and admiration).

Pretending total nonchalance, though, is maddening to a girl who wants to make you jealous -- like, roll your eyes and smile and say \"Oh, yeah. It keeps me up nights.\" chuckle and let her wonder whether or not you meant it.

[bivonic]

Thanks FTR!

Yeah she\'s very competitive, independent & confident, almost to the point of being cocky, but when she realizes she hits a nerve with me (like going to far) she warms up to me & makes sure I didn\'t take it the wrong way by overly flirting & kino.

I just really enjoy being with her, I was out with her & another buddy of mine & I just had the time of my life, this is that girl I though might have been gay.

Funny thing is she told me she only dates guys 30+ which I thought was kind of odd since she\'s 23, but I\'ll admit she\'s a very bright girl & I like that, maybe she just finds guys her age too immature & childish.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

That\'s so great you have fun with her.

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I\'m curious, how do you see it playing out if you were to say you were jealous of the attention she\'s giving him? How would you imagine her responding to that?

[bivonic]

I\'ve told her in general that I am jealous. I\'m not sure if I initially stated in this thread or not, but let me explain a little more detail.

We are hanging out at my watering hole & \"Sally\" is waiting on us, we really came by because our usual hang out (where they hang out & I know them) was really crowded & she does not like crowds (nor do I)

So we are having a freaking blast, these guys are ordering a round of JD every other round & putting it on my tab, it got to the point where my tab was over $100 & Sally says to me, you do realize they are putting all of this on your tab & I\'m like, yep, no problem.

Anyway I\'m hanging out with my bouncer friend when this guy comes in, he knows my name & shakes my hand & is like \"Hey <bivonic>, remember me? I\'m <Jolene\'s> friend. He\'s the tool that gave me the stiff shoulder when I was chatting with her about 2 weeks ago, I recognize him & I slip up (oh well) & say oh yeah, hey man, we are in the back shooting pool. So of course him & his buddy go back there & she\'s chatting with them & I\'m getting aggravated as it\'s bringing back memories from the first time I met him & he was a complete a-hole.

So I get my other buddy who wanted to go back to the original bar anyways to head back with me & I left Blaylock with a choice, hang out with this guy she likes or join us.

She chooses to join us & go back to the original place.

She is like bragging how isn\'t she cool, she chose to hang with her friends rather then the guy she [bad word] a few weeks earlier, I show my displeasure with her attitude & that is when she goes on the ego trip asking me if I am jealous of him.

Again I\'ve had quite a few beers & not to mention the shots these two fed me, so I went the simple route & just said yes.

As I said before she said I shouldn\'t worry. She knows where I stand, but she is definitely an attention whore, now that we are better friends I can give her more \'neg-hits\' if you are familiar with that style, essentially it\'s a cross between sarcasm & playing hard to get, you do not insult her but at the same time you say things that are neutral & definitely cannot be interpretted as a compliment.

Let me preview this & make sure I did not miss anything...