To be chased is by far more powerful.

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I very much would want a woman who wants to know where I am. To me it means she cares and I have nothing to hide. The only live I'd draw is if she threatens established ties with said clinginess. My wife was like that when we were dating and for the first year or two of our marriage. I very much enjoyed it.

I also enjoy it because I get separation anxiety and like to know my woman is safe and what she's up to, not really even in a suspicious way. Itd just be a comfort to me to know I could do that freely and it did not feel like an intrusion. I know not many people are like this.

I guess I just have an itinerant spirit LOL.

I'm very much a lone Wolfman!

I've never done well with materialistic chicks.

In my younger and more vulnerable years, I'd have wanted someone clingy. Now I'm aware of how much time I need on my own to just be in my head, there's much less appeal, and it would be hugely unfair to get with a clingy person, knowing I was setting them up for strife and angst.

I don't really have anything to say to materialistic or status-orientated people, male or female. It's a way of being that's just alien to me.

I use to be just like that, very clingy, until men would break up witih me all of the time, and say, "You're just too clingy". So years ago, I learned not to be so much. Now, I tell my BF, if I get too clingy, just tell me. It's a rare thing to actually see a man who is clingy.

I find that there's an element of compunction....of being forced.....when a woman is clingy.

It seems to be because no other men I've discussed my feelings in that area with got it. Most people, male or female dont, which is frustrating because it's so intuitive and persistent for me that it just feels like the 'right' way to be in a committed relationship.

As somebody who has had limited success with love, I can certainly see the appeal of the chasee role. When you initiate a conversation with someone, it's harder to know how interested the person is in talking to you. When someone initiates a conversation with you, it's pretty clear that this person is interested in talking to you.

When someone else initiates, you have a more powerful role. You have a much easier time interpreting their thoughts and motivations than they do interpreting yours.

I can also see the appeal in being the chaser, but I can't see it being appealing unless you have more than a skerrick of a chance of having your interest reciprocated by your chasee. If successful in the chaser role, I'd imagine you'd harbour some sort of feeling of accomplishment, because your efforts have resulted in reaping the rewards of reciprocated romance.

But then, both the chaser and chasee roles have their uglier sides too. I'd imagine as a chasee, it would be frustrating only being pursued by chasers that you weren't interested in. And obviously being a chaser with a depressingly low success rate would be frustrating too.

I'd say objectively, neither role is more fruitful. Some chasers have it better than some chasees, and vice versa.

i don't think it matters to me. no matter who initiated what, the tables can always turn at any moment. and no matter who initiated what, i always have a fallback or escape route (for any risky endeavor, not just with people). "what's the worst that could happen?" that's a question i actually ask myself. i prepare for worst-case scenarios, and improvise the rest. and that will probably be my first instinctive concern, regardless if it's me being interested in someone or someone showing any interest in me