Hi all,

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I've been running game and TRPing in Philippines (I'm american) which is basically training wheels for learning game. The girls here constantly feel inferior to American guys, so at times I have to downplay my value instead of upping it (or they just assume I have a million girls wanting me and they think they don't have a chance). This is a very real problem, and an upside down world, but I enjoy the culture and I'm having plenty of FWB fun.

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But I am coming up against something kind of often in Tinder and various dating sites. Lots of girls want to know if I'm open to just being friends. This is after they've swiped right that they like me, and with very minimal conversation (So I'm not fucking it up with 3 lines of text). They say things like "I'm just looking for friends right now" or "Is it ok if we are just friends?"

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Is this a shit test or something you'd just next? It's not exactly an agree-and-amplify thing, and I'm at a crossroads between the "ignore what they say and focus on what they do" mindset and "don't be an orbiter by saying sure i'll just be your friend".

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My instinct is to just say sure, I just like meeting new people I don't care what we call it" and then proceeding like she never said anything of the sort. Ideas? Gotta modify the strategy just a bit because if you come off as too alpha here, girls will legitimately be too shy to meet, they'll bring a friend first, they'll completely forget their English and get flustered, and they'll constantly worry about how many other girls you've talked to. Trying to work TRP into this different cultural mindset.