My god no please like away like away ... in this day and age it's hard for a man to tell if he's crossing a line! So please like away!

Fear? (more like profound reservation) only if they clearly represent a intellect, character, emotional economic, or health trait/burden or or attribute I do not wish to adopt.

As for liking a woman who is hard to get? Not going to happen. I am not going to waste my time trying to convince my equal or better (this is my unrealistic standard for a partner) that I am worthy of her time. If mutual consideration is not the de-facto condition, I will go no further.

When a suitable woman expresses great like? If she is representative of the standards I maintain: honest, atheist, fiscally responsible, open minded, intelligent, self-sufficient, with a strong appreciation for the scientific method, I am greatly honored and reciprocate positive interactions.

At this point that look is amazement not fear.

I'm suceptible to it, but I don't LIKE it.

I'm really bad at reading the signals correctly so a woman who's a bit more forthright would be handy, there also needs to be a mutual fancying as well of course

I think some people - men and women - are like that. It's like: be careful of what you wish for, you just might get it.

More the fear/insecurity that women don't/won't like me.

I don't like playing hard to get at all.

I don't fear it unless it's not mutual and she's overbearing about it. I'd love for a woman to say she's interested. Nothing to be afraid of.

not this one but I'm married so the ring makes the level of like lessen!

I take offense at that. I run like a middle aged man with bad knees.

I find on dating sites guys almost always say no drama or games. But as a woman you end up totally having to play games for them! Pretend you aren’t interested in talking about sex or they won’t take you seriously. Be coy. Etc

That depends on the woman. I had a lady friend that gave me a truck a boat and a motorcycle. I turned them all down because I didn't like her that way. On the other hand I knew a woman that for the first time in my life picked me up by walking up to me and saying, you're taking me to dinner tonight, and had sex with me on the first night and I married and 16 years later I buried her.