. Choice Is Not Selection
A diagnostic for separating attention from actual selection.
He is choosing you only if his actions reduce ambiguity and increase obligation.
Being kept available can feel like being chosen because there is attention, access, and familiarity. But selection creates definition. Availability keeps you nearby without changing his obligations.
The user may be mistaking continued access for selection.
Look for behavior that changes your status, not behavior that maintains contact.
Selection changes your position; availability preserves his options.
A diagnostic for separating attention from actual selection.
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Selection
Presence without progression
Maintained Access™
Lost time in undefined future
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