I'm guessing that these are the men that you like:

>I used to be really nice & honest with dudes. Y’know, treat
>‘em like adults. But that doesn’t seem to work. So I
>switched it up and now can’t get ‘em offa me.


And these are the dudes that you don't really care for:

>For example, I stopped talking to a dude I wasn’t interested
>in and he texted me asking to know why. I responded with
>“you talk too much. Like, it’s painful.” (something
>“old” me would NEVER have said/done) thinking that would
>shut him up for good and dude now won’t stop.
>
>Wtf? Fa real?