Personally, I don't like playing games and I don't like women who do, either. I don't understand this concept of playing with another person's emotions and causing them to wonder "Where do I stand?". It's a lot of time wasted that could be spent on really genuinely getting to know the person you're interested in, finding out what you have in common and what you don't, or really listening to what the other person is saying(sometimes you do have to read between the lines, but that's half the fun for me). I've been played in the past, and I'll tell you right now that it's a turn-off. I just trust my instincts, and if I feel it's going nowhere, I get away-fast! This little dating "ritual" has been going on for soooo long now. Maybe some people find it amusing or attractive, so to each their own. I want to know certain things up front before I even consider making a committment, so instead of playing games I cut through the bulls**t and get down to the important stuff. It goes both ways, you're right. Leave the games in your childhood where they belong. There are other ways to have fun, tease, and flirt...all great ones. Morals do play into it, Raphael, like you mentioned in your question. Perhaps it was the way I was brought up to view women and men. Who knows? We form our own standards either way. It's a tough scene sometimes, and we all make mistakes and have regrets, but isn't that how we learn?