Wanted to solicit some feedback from some of you guys because you all often have great things to contribute:

So we all know there's some point where you're talking to a woman where the shit tests begin. Could be immediately. However, there's one particular shit test that I'm having trouble with and that's the "offended" shit test.

Basically, you crack a joke or say something mundane and all of a sudden she pretends like she's so offended or hurt by what you said. You KNOW whatever you've said or done was completely benign and that any reasonable person wouldn't think twice about it, but now she's hitting you with the "Wow that was really rude" or "I can't believe you just said that" bullshit. We've all been here before

Now there's a few options you have in my opinion, but none seem to be that "magic key".

Option #1 - You apologize emphatically.

She's placated but you lose major points for looking like an apologetic beta. This is out.

Option #2 - You argue with her about how she's being dramatic/taking you too serious.

This, in my opinion is even worse than option #1 because it vindicates her by you giving her offended nature any legitimacy and arguing to exonerate yourself. Essentially you've made her the judge and you're the defendant. She holds ultimate power in this situation as you're arguing with her feelings and we all know women believe in their feelings like its a religion. You're 1000% out of frame at this point. Not good.

Option #3 - Ignore it.

This could work in some very minor situations, but often times you'll have to address it directly in some way or it's just going to be awkward as fuck unless this is your girlfriend or someone you've been fucking (which in that case who really gives a fuck because she means nothing AND you're provably still fucking again anyway if you choose to). However, most women press issues and if she makes a big enough shit about something then your non response COULD be interpreted as weakness as she'll rationalize it as you "running away" from the situation.

Note: When I say ignore, I don't really mean literally ignore it completely but just saying a one off statement like "chill". With some girls this CAN work because they're passive. With more talkative ones they may use this as an opportunity to start press the issue even harder, saying stuff like "Don't tell me chill you shouldn't be doing.... [blah blah blah]" <--- I've found this reaction to be very common actually among black women (I'm black and I date them exclusively. Just an attraction thing but they are a lot more willing to be confrontational so ignoring is usually a no-go for me).

Option #4 - Explain what you meant in a way that doesn't make her offended.

This is iffy at best. Explaining yourself puts you in the role of the naughty child that's been reprimanded by his teacher trying to explain himself out of a detention. Definitely not alpha. Definitely not attractive. It's a half step above arguing because you don't show the same level of emotional involvement but I've always considered explaining to be a minor form of begging unless you're teaching something.

Option #5 - Fake understanding.

This is the option I've settled with, but I'm not satisfied with it. Basically I say something along the lines of "what's the problem?" or ask what they took offense to (I already know in my head). 9/10 they'll explain and by them doing that I'm already in the driver's seat because now they are in the position of explaining themselves. From here, I have way more options of where I wanna go. After she explains what it is about what I said that got her mad I then say "Oh I see how you took it that way but that's not what I meant" and leave it at that.

It's not really explaining and it's certainly not an apology but it does mean I have to concede a little bit by basically saying --- "I understand why this may have offended you in your world, but you actually missed the real meaning of what I said. I won't explain that meaning to you or apologize but you can imply from my statements that the real meaning is something you shouldn't have taken offense to. Therefore, I'm not saying you're wrong for being offended but I'm also not wrong for what I said." <--- I don't actually say this, that's just what my little one sentence statement means.

However even this still doesn't work at times as some women are insistent on playing the game until they force an apology, explanation or argument out of you. In my opinion, if option #5 doesn't at least break whatever imaginary tension she's created then it's best to just let the situation be. Either she's feeling you enough to get over it or she's not and if that's the case then just accept it and forget she existed.

Conclusion

I'm only 23, so I'm far from having a ton of experience with dealing with "grown" women, but one mistake I've made repeatedly that I've learned not to do is to "rationalize" a woman talking with me. I used to have the mentality of "Oh I really like this girl and I'd hate to miss my chance to date/fuck her over a petty disagreement, so let me just save face and apologize, explain, or argue the point so I can get out the dog house or get her to see that she's tripping so we can move forward."

Nowadays I'm growing comfortable with the idea of "This may be a petty ass reason for her to be mad but I'm not apologizing or explaining it, so she's either gonna have to get over it or this is the last time we'll talk." And I'm learning to stick to that philosophy no matter how cute or promising she is.

I think it's been fairly successful too because bitches crave attention and, as TRP theory has brilliantly stated numerous times, bitches LOVE a guy that can let them leave without worry. They're expecting you to do the proverbial "hold on don't leave! Let me explain myself! I'm sorry!" and when you don't it just shows your value is through the roof.

Now granted some girls will actually just leave but that's just an L you have to be willing to take. Let her have the last word and label you whatever and think she's "won". At the end of the day, there's 50 more hoes out there like her for you to talk to. One of the benefits of this little social media crazy age we live in is that "average" girls (which honestly are 8's compared to IG hoes and even lowkey 9's) don't feel like they receive enough "attention". So when a guy approaches them they seize the opportunity. Therefore, you replacing that hoe with 20 others is easy. I've started going out and just starting conversations with girls and asking for numbers and you'd be surprised how many are like "sure, fuck it". But that's a conversation for another thread.

Main point is: Annoying shit test that I've struggled to pass. My solution is #5, what do you all think?

Feel free to applaud me, critique or rip my post however you'd like. Looking forward to seeing your opinions you guys are usually great at shelling out this type of thing.

Edit: Grammar fixes