A short YouTube monologue by Anwar White that answers how to tell the difference between a man who is obsessed with you and one who is love-bombing you. The speaker frames the distinction as 'pursuing' (obsession: a steady, respectful interest) versus 'chasing' (love-bombing: intense, pushy, immediate demands), using the childhood game of tag as a metaphor.
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How do you distinguish between finding a man who is obsessed with you and one who is love bombing you? I think this is such a great question because it's actually very difficult. Here's what I want you to. Here's what I want you to understand. The difference between obsessed and love bombing is the difference between pursuing and chasing. You know, when you were like, I don't know, 6, 7, 8, and you were playing tag and then the guy that was it was chasing you. That's the chase. That's love bombing. That's doing then things on his pace. A guy that's obsessed with you and pursuing you is not trying to.
Like see you every day, but he is making it known that he would like to see you whenever you're up for it.
Right? I love Bomber is saying, oh my God, I want to see you tonight.
A guy who's obsessed with you is saying, hey, would love to connect when you're ready. Let me know when you have availability. See how he checks in with you first. That it's based on your pace. Whereas a love bombers is like, no, I want my pace. I want you now. I want this now. I want that now. It's giving kid energy.