For misread personalities in the in depth articles by Carlyn, projection and passive aggressiveness is down right delish!
It is hard right, one desires to be safe, but one also wants mystery and doesn't want to be seen as judgmental.
My rule of thumb is only after a few dates and with intimacy and if something seems dodgy, then dig into it.
The action in some ways if one steps back says more about the searcher then the searchee.
Most people don't seem to get (especially in heterosexual relationships) that the deeply intense and amazing ones, rarely go public?
Why? Because the audience of one is more then enough to satiate the other.