| here is the thing man, between two people, one person is more sure of what they want, they will be the person setting the meaning for what is going on,
so if she wants to talk about her boyfriend, and turn this in to an interaction where the meaning is two friends talking and girl trying to get free stuff, and she is sure enough of that, that you fall into that frame and have that sort of interaction with her, then the frame is under her control
at any time you can step up and do what you want, really all you have to ask yourself is what do I want to do here to make this more enjoyable for myself? if you don't want to talk about her boyfriend, just start doing what you want, if you want to change the meaning of the interaction to the two of you, instead of her and her bf, start hitting on her when she brings him up, just make it obvious you're interested, show her what you want (to not talk about him cause you don't care), when she asks for stuff, who cares? you don't have to buy her anything, once again what do you want from this?. it doesn't really matter ''what it means'', don't try to game her from the perspective of what she wants, or try to figure out some perfect thing to say or perfect moment to do something because she did something and now is the perfect time to react to it, just stop reacting and start leading the situation, go for what you want, what makes you happy, what will make you enjoy yourself
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