You only need to be schemed once by a manipulative man to identify their character flaws.
Many con artists will try to gain your trust through their charismatic demeanor.
But this is a facade designed for you to lower your guard. And entangle you in a relationship when his true colors are revealed.
Men who take advantage of women for selfish reasons share similar traits.
In this post, you’ll learn the 5 characteristics every manipulative guy exhibits that reveal their true intentions.
1. Manipulative men believe their way of handling a situation is the best way.
Manipulators only think about themselves. For these guys, it’s their way or the highway.
How they handle situations is best for them because all their needs are met.
Which is all that matters to them.
In relationships, manipulators are very controlling. These guys will attempt to control how you look, who your friends are, and where you go on dates.
Suppose you plan a girls’ night out with your friends, your guy will suggest that you not go because he would miss you or it’s not safe.
He’ll try to act like he’s looking out for you, but it’s all about him and controlling you.
Manipulators look for women they can control, usually soft-spoken codependent women.
That way, they can make all the decisions and control the relationship.
2. A guy that wants to scheme you will violate your boundaries.
People in your face or quick to tell you how much they care for you seem to always be up to something.
These guys don’t respect boundaries because they try to gain your trust quickly.
For example, you just met a guy online, and after three weeks of talking to him, he tells you how much he loves you.
Men like this will show up uninvited and interject themselves in your plans.
Suppose it’s the holidays and you tell the guy you’ve been seeing that you’ll visit your parents. He’ll try to invite himself, even though you’ve only been dating two weeks and you’re not ready to introduce him to your parents.
3. Manipulative men will prey on your emotions.
One of the ways users get women to do what they want is by playing on their emotions.
Pulling on your feelings is a manipulator’s most remarkable ability.
These guys will play on a woman’s fear of rejection. By making statements like “No one other than me is gonna love you” or “You won’t find another man that will treat you better than me.”
Schemers will also guilt trip you into following along with their plans.
If your partner has ever made you feel guilty about something to get his way, you have fallen victim to guilt-tripping.
Whether or not your man intentionally manipulated you is another matter.
The point is users will make you feel inadequate to get you to do what they want.
4. Cunning guys will avoid accepting blame and responsibility for their actions.
Guys that always try getting one over on you avoid accepting blame. Even when you call them out, they will blame you or someone else.
It’s never their fault.
Schemers are quick to highlight your actions but rarely accept their wrongdoing.
Suppose you catch your boyfriend leaving commits on other women’s social media profiles.
You call him out about it. But instead of accepting responsibility for his actions. He blames you.
Stating, “I wouldn’t leave commits on other girl’s profiles if you would dress up for me sometimes.”
Manipulators can accept that it’s their actions that are to blame.
5. Manipulative guys will talk bad about you when you’re not around.
Users often will not have many friends. And the few friends they have, are often talked about.
These guys gossip, spread rumors, and keep the drama going. Always be careful of anyone that will lay out other people’s business.
9 times out of 10, they will talk just as bad about you.
They are always looking for a weakness in you to exploit. Manipulators are not above emotional blackmail if that will get you to go along with their plans.
The Takeaway
I have gone over the 5 characteristics every manipulative guy exhibits in this post.
Remember that manipulators are the way they are because it’s about getting their needs met.
The only thing that’s important to them is achieving their goal, whatever that is.
Use what you’ve learned here to spot a manipulator and get them out of your life as quickly as possible.
Please check out my article, The 6 Ways Men Manipulate Women for Sex if you enjoyed this post.
And learn the 6 simple techniques men use on women to manipulate them into sex.
