The reason I ask this is because I actually got into the bad habit of acting like a jerk, being passive-aggressive, or being beta, and then I later realized it was ruining my game, but I still sometimes go back to it out of instinct. Also, my predominant strategy is to pretend those advances don't exist. Part of my problem is, I'm warm, friendly, like to engage people, and often-times, I get hit on by women who I have no interest in (near-wall, post-wall, no chemistry, etc. etc.) because they interpret my friendliness as an advance, but then when I don't reciprocate, they get mad and "punish" me in various ways. I realize that this is a good problem to have. I don't like a lot of drama when I socialize. Maybe I shouldn't be so friendly? Even though I'm very nice about my rejections, they still get really, really mad. Women do not handle rejection well at all, mostly because they don't expect it a lot of the time. Women who think they're attractive handle it the worst. I don't know what to do aside from gently rebuffing them by pretending I don't notice. I'm trying to help them save face while preserving the relationship. This is essentially the problem that hot women have with "nice guys" "beta orbiters" and the "friendzone."

It's also hilarious to me that women do the exact same things that they accuse men of doing: ingratiate themselves to guys they like, feign interest in things they don't really like, offer to do favors, etc.

I'm very lucky to have these problems, but I'm not that good at dealing with them.