Anwar White on spotting real intentions: don't fall fast, watch how someone acts over weeks and months, and know that love-bombing can fake effort. The real test is whether he respects your boundaries and shows up emotionally when things get real.
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Someone asked, how can I find out what his true intentions are? I want to find out before I invest emotionally. Well, don't invest emotionally until you find out. Be in observation mode. I always talk about this. Like, don't talk about. Like, sometimes people will be like, oh, my God, I like him. And you literally have just been talking to him for a week in your head. You're going to have to.
Yeah, I'm playing Summer Walker. She actually posted me in her stories. I love that girl.
Like, you don't know a guy. I always say you know 3% of him every week that you talk to him. So stop telling yourself that you like someone. You don't like someone. You don't know them. Okay? His true intentions will come through with time. You can't rush it. I think a lot of people are like, what questions can I ask? The questions don't freaking matter, girl. Just like, if you're in an interview, I could lie through an interview and get the job.
What is actually going to have to happen is you're going to have to get into a relationship with him to see how he actually is in a relationship. A relationship is different than a courtship.
Okay?
People are saying it's his actions, partly. You cannot just focus on actions alone, because even toxic narcissists. You cannot just focus on actions alone, because even toxic narcissists love bombers. They'll give you a lot of actions.
They'll give you a lot of actions. And if you're just focused on him giving you actions, you're gonna miss a lot of other things that are very important.
Like emotional availability.
Respect of your boundaries.
A guy can say, oh, my God, I want to see you three times a week. And you think he's putting in a lot of effort. He's giving me actions. No, bitch, he's love bombing you.