Dread game
 Door (Commons). Dread is a threat costume. The usual lead is options, not a threat.
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| 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).
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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.