Dread game
| Field | Relationships
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|---|---|
| Origin | Manosphere / married-game writing |
Dread game is the practice of keeping a partner slightly uncertain about her hold on you — via options, fitness, social life, or withdrawal — so that complacency does not kill attraction. It is a named technique in married-game and "get her back" writing, and Wingman has a quiz on it (quizDreadGame.json).
This wiki records the claim and the failure mode. The claim: attraction in long relationships tracks relative value and residual uncertainty. The failure mode: manufactured jealousy as cruelty, which is not "frame," it is a red flag with a theory.
See also
Sources
- Wingman
quizzes/quizDreadGame.json(product quiz as evidence the term is in active coaching use). - Married-game / manosphere usage, cited as a school, not as this wiki's advice.