Not every woman who says something confusing is manipulative. Some women are genuinely unsure, immature, or simply not interested. But there are patterns that repeatedly show up when a woman wants attention without commitment.
Sometimes the most mature thing you can do is totally ignore someone. That’s hard for some Christians to accept, but Scripture absolutely supports this in many instances. God really might be saying, “Do not respond to that person.”
It’s a different kind of pain when your heart gets attached to someone who never actually existed. There’s a mix of emotions: betrayal, anger, feeling like a fool, disbelief, longing, loneliness, and, worst of all, emptiness.