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As a man with many failed relationships under my belt, often due to lapsing into neediness, if I could give anyone advice when seeing a girl or entering a new relationship, it would be ALWAYS HAVE OPTIONS!!!
That doesn't mean you should cheat of course, but it means that both of you should know that you are a popular guy with options and if she dropped you, you would have a queue waiting to snap you up. Keep her on her toes, maintain an element of mystery and excitement, she should feel like you are with her because you want to be, not because you're desperate and she just happened to be interested in you so you settled.
I think that guys often fall back into the classic "fantasy ideal" when they begin dating someone exclusively, the fun player vibe gives way into idealised romance. At least, this is my pitfall. When you really like someone, it's easy to want to forget everything you learned here and shower her with love, attention and romance. It is difficult to still be gaming women and having options, but until you're in a committed monogamous relationship, I think it's the only way to successfully avoid that neediness that can cripple so many relationships before they even start.
It would be lovely if it were like the movies where rain-soaked romantic platitudes are the way to a woman's heart, but unfortunately it isn't. So keep your options open, always game other women until you're committed to that person, and even then you musn't be predictable or lazy. This isn't to say that you should never let any romance into your life either, but I, and many other guys often buy into this ideal and ultimately lapse into neediness and kill the attraction.
I don't really know where I'm going with this post, just kind of went off on one...
I understand your post and it makes sense. If this works for you than fine. I personally had good long term relationships and never had any other girls waiting for me in case we break up. However I always have a ton of other stuff to do besides my girl which makes me happy so I don't have to rely on her for my only source of happiness. I think that's when you become needy. Because you NEED her to be happy.
I think that keeping other girls as options is disrespectful to my girlfriend and to those girls, but this is just my personal opinion.