Dear Men: These Online DMs Come Off Wrong
I don’t play games
Maybe you’ve dealt with a lot of game players. You want to be straight forward. You want everyone to say what they think and feel in this interaction. A lot of people can empathize with that desire. But if you come in immediately by saying, “I’m not here to play games” it almost sounds like you’re trying to intimidate the person. She’ll know you aren’t there to play games when you don’t play games.