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Why acting unavailable can make you seem more desirable

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Being entirely available makes people immediately assume your underlying market value must be tragically low. Conversely, ignoring text messages and acting profoundly busy creates an artificial sense of immense worth, triggering our desperate need to conquer challenges. We are basically just highly evolved cats entirely obsessed with chasing whatever piece of string violently pulls away.

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