“Desperate daters fish for compliments. Desperate daters need outside encouragement at every turn. They are so desperate to feel good about themselves that they become masters of creating compliments out of thin air. Self-deprecation is the most common tool.”— eHarmony Staff, eharmony.com
“Professing your feelings outright without flirting or creating attraction.”— Nick Notas, nicknotas.com
“Asking if [he] got your last message or confronting [him] about not responding.”— Nick Notas, nicknotas.com
“He's been acting out ever since the breakup. If he's been pulling crazy stunts, desperately trying to show off, or has been trying to bed every single person in his path, he's trying to cover up that he's devastated. It's his way of begging for attention.”— Ossiana Tepfenhart, yourtango.com
“I'm all ears and I'm all scars to hear you tell me, 'Boys like you, you try too hard to look not quite as desperate.'”— Fall Out Boy, play.spotify.com
“Human beings are such knotted, desperate pieces of work--it's a rare thing to know one completely, to the core, and still love him.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“Giving too much can be a sign of desperation, as if you were trying to buy someone.”— Robert Greene, amazon.com
“If you've had some back and forth banter and then, out of nowhere, the recipient stops responding, let it go. If you text, "Why did you stop messaging?" "Where did you go?" or "Why did you leave me high and dry?" you not only come off looking desperate, but a bit aggressive, too.”— Jen Kirsch, yourtango.com
“She hated that she was still so desperate for a glimpse of him, but it had been this way for years.”— Julia Quinn, amazon.com
“Don’t rush to answer. If you always respond in seconds after receiving his message, it means that you are desperate and needy. Men don’t like women who seem like this.”— Maya Taylor, truelovewords.com
“Eventually the conversation is going to wind down, don't be the one trying to find reasons to keep it going! This could come across a little desperate and nobody wants that.”— Jordin Keim, love.allwomenstalk.com
“Would you love me desperately if my love started to fade away?”— Tyler Knott Gregson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Well it's too damn bad you didn't have a chance to make me your best friend”— Miranda Lambert, youtube.com
“Complicated words slipping off of your tongue and ain't one of them the truth I'm still desperate for you”— Miranda Lambert, youtube.com