Some "squeaky wheels" don't get any "grease."...They get the "boot" and thrown into the trash if they become too annoying or pesky...I'm not a fan of "pushy people" in general. (Men or women!)

Pacificstar, thanks but he is not like that at all. Very romantic and most women would want him lol. Just not me.

I do not think they can.
It is always somewhere in there, given half a chance.

I used to work, in my office with 40 men.
Over time, they all hit on me, which I deflected.
All except one, the boss.
Who was mmmm, 40 years my senior.
For years and years I held onto the ideal of
that, that we were just friends..that it was possible
to be just friends.

Then one day his wife died.
Guess what.

I wrote a longer reply but the power
flickerd here

Sometimes maybe people persist
because there truly wanting to work
things out,other times it maybe
to prove there right.or a zillion
other reasons.But no matter the reason
when someone says stop they should respect
that.Everyone dont get along soemtimes
but it can be done in a goood manner
not disrespect the other.

I get too suffocated. A little persistence is tolerable if they are already tolerable. but if they are already disgusting then its just pushing me further away. If they are overly flirtatious and trying to pick up on me, then I would see it more as a red flag for a one night stand more than persistence.

Does it have a marshmallow in it? I need a marshmallow Shugahbee!! Back at you hun.

Thanks Soufie. You clarified my understanding a lot more.

Walks over and plops plops one in the cup
....looks at the bag and eats one
and looks back at your cup (_)p
thinks you need some more in it so plops another
one then another till the tops covered in
marshmallows 0..0..0..0..0..0...0..0
... ....

Shugah, I wanted the one you ate

Opens another bag sorts through them finds
a perfect one and gives to you plops
in your cup turns around and stuffs
my mouth with the
others tryes to say with a mouth full
your welcome ,glad to see you smile

Aww, luv ya, hugs.

I am not talking about your person I am talking about in general when people are persistent. I don't get how persistent is romantic but that is probably my personality being very independent and thinking anyone who trys to take my independence or choice away is anything but romantic. Being dominated or manipulated or even worn down is not something I personally would ever find as romantic. Romantic to me is someone making a kind, considerate, extraordinary effort to do something they know would please me with my consent and even cooperation. Anyone who knows me knows I do not tell people no as a punishment but as a guide for them to be successful in something where their energy can be appreciated. Just because I don't like someone does not, I repeat NOT, make them a bad person. That I reject someone is not that big a deal I assure you. There are PLENTY of Fish in the Sea. lol And that is what I tell and have told young people for years. I absolutely do not believe there is only one "soul mate" and life is ever over because a romance doesn't work out.

Persistence is good in pretty much everything except relationships. If someone tells me they are not interested, or they give me signals that they are not interested, I'll walk away immediately.

Let them eat their hearts out with that
great view from the back :-)

I think it can quickly go too far. I think showing interest is good, but sometimes people can get scary with it. The only thing it does is make the person uncomfortable and/or angry.

Agree :-)

Same, it is disrespectful to do otherwise.

They are naive, not persistent...I can't type any slower.

Of course, then again...You do have women that do not say "No" or continue to show interest which only confuses the persistent.

I do not...Understand your lackluster society very well.

Not only does it not work, it has the capacity to turn your world upside down...Nothing to admire about fatal attraction, nothing flattering about it either....You leave the situation only to have it follow you, you become stubborn in your determination to not allow it to control you, your admirer becomes vindictive ... It can and does continue until someone else comes along and the obsessive compulsion refocuses .... If you allow it, unrequited love can be a destructive force...