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I have a problem here and I don’t know how many here have it. It might even sound like I’m bragging somewhat, but it has caused more torment than happiness. The problem is that a lot of females seem to like me, but like many people with this condition, I can’t do anything about it. And after a while of me not going after them they start getting upset and even say negative things about me behind my back.

And that would have made sense if all of them were single, but not all of them are. Some are even married, and some are married and have children! And they still expect and want me to go after them like it’s no big deal. It would be understandable for single females to be upset with me, and it would be understandable for females that are already taken to be attracted to me (because you can’t control who you’re attracted to). But what’s really weird is the combination of the two: married females start hating me because they like me and I’m not trying to screw them.

What is going on here? Does anybody know? Because the only thing I can come up with is this:
What is this I don’t even…

Are you sure that's the reason they don't like you?

You seem to be attracting scum, tell yourself, do you look evil or are you in fact... evil? Do you have a mustache? Do you wring your hands a lot? Are you good at sulking in dark corners? All signs of being evil.

There's a lot of people - men and women - who pin a lot on being found attractive. When someone doesn't find them attractive, their ego is offended. So, they attack. You can substitute 'attractive' for whatever someone very particularly builds their identity around, or hopes to bolster their identity through. It's because you are making them doubt their very identity, and the worth of the thing they themselves think important.

People are weird.

Thirded. Also, you must be attractive yourself, so your opinion is valued by them.

I remember a bible story that became a broadway play called "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." I do remember hearing a story about how Joseph was a slave in his adult life and how he obeyed his Master because it was the right thing to do for that time period. Besides that, his master treated him with respect. The master's wife tried to tempt Joseph plenty of times only to be rejected each time. Eventually, she threw herself at him and he ran from the house. She then screamed at whoever would listen and told them that Joseph attempted to rape her. The moral of this story: some people simply can't handle a polite and respectful rejection without blowing things out of proportion.

However, for your scenario, there are many valid points already brought up. The problem I see is that you are still young at 23 and are maturing so your hormones might be more active. You might be having a more difficult time processing what is going on for that reason, and you have also admitted to us that you find these girls attractive.

Perhaps an explanation for that is they are playing the game so to speak. The game is played in th dating stages, not the relationship stage. Why someone who is married is willing to do this... well, they are pretty selfish IMO.

I think hale_bopp raises a good point - you find them attractive, so perhaps you're giving signals back without realising or intending? If they're interested in you, get signals that you're interested in them, then you don't follow through, they might think you're messing with them.

As to those with steady partners - could be all sorts. Could be the relationship isn't all that, could be a loose commitment to monogamy, could be ego stuff - I imagine that, if you go through life generally being found attractive, and being told so through words or/and actions, some people will let that be a way of building their self and self-image/worth. And such a self is very fragile and needs constant reinforcement.

If people value something greatly but don't get it, they will often defensively denigrate it, that they might believe they never really wanted it in the first place.