Do guys pretend to be players?

You ever watched Catfish: The TV Show

No but I know what it is
I've dealt with various catfishes in the past the disgusting creatures

I'm imagining he's just faking a personality if he's a bit of a recluse

I can't see this 'friendship' going anywhere they tend to fizzle out anyway

Yeah and possibly the most non-cool thing ever. If anyone self-titles themself a 'player' or a 'bit of a bad boy' then you know they are just trying to cultivate an image that's not them.

A guy that is a real player, you can tell a mile off because he will be outrageously good looking, naturally confident and charming with women, and have an edge to him that says you know he is likely to be charming multiple women at the same time and will flit from one to another, but women actually don't mind anyway because he is hot and they like the excitement and risk of being charmed by him even if they suspect what is coming.

You can also tell a mile off when a guy is trying to cultivate that image.

It's something I saw in Freshers Week to be honest, a couple of guys trying to reinvent themselves, you could tell by their stories that something wasn't quite 'right', they had great stories about how they were heartbreakers with women before they got to uni at college, but strangely at uni they are shy around girls and not particularly confident or willing to talk to them. It's cringeworthy.

I've also seen a couple of posters on TSR like this as well, they like to paint themselves as some kind of bastion of advice on how to get with girls, and will come on and derail threads with all sorts of personal anecdotes all around the theme of how they have multiple options with women, how they ruthlessly dump women for the smallest reason and how their indifferent attitude towards relationships has women desperate for them and hence they are giving their advice on how to be a badass alpha. I'm sure everybody reading their posts just has a quiet chuckle and knows that this is just them living out their fantasies on an internet forum.

Im 20 and If this guys 18 and your much younger than he is .He has only one thing on his mind .That s just my humble opinion.

Yeah and possibly the most non-cool thing ever. If anyone self-titles themself a 'player' or a 'bit of a bad boy' then you know they are just trying to cultivate an image that's not them.

A guy that is a real player, you can tell a mile off because he will be outrageously good looking, naturally confident and charming with women, and have an edge to him that says you know he is likely to be charming multiple women at the same time and will flit from one to another, but women actually don't mind anyway because he is hot and they like the excitement and risk of being charmed by him even if they suspect what is coming.

You can also tell a mile off when a guy is trying to cultivate that image.

It's something I saw in Freshers Week to be honest, a couple of guys trying to reinvent themselves, you could tell by their stories that something wasn't quite 'right', they had great stories about how they were heartbreakers with women before they got to uni at college, but strangely at uni they are shy around girls and not particularly confident or willing to talk to them. It's cringeworthy.

I've also seen a couple of posters on TSR like this as well, they like to paint themselves as some kind of bastion of advice on how to get with girls, and will come on and derail threads with all sorts of personal anecdotes all around the theme of how they have multiple options with women, how they ruthlessly dump women for the smallest reason and how their indifferent attitude towards relationships has women desperate for them and hence they are giving their advice on how to be a badass alpha. I'm sure everybody reading their posts just has a quiet chuckle and knows that this is just them living out their fantasies on an internet forum.

but.. Something about him (don't ask me what I have no clue) tells me he's lying?