A friend once told me
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There’s no such thing as “pushy” if she likes you; that’s just a word women save for guys they don’t like.
If she likes him, then he’s “forceful, passionate, driven, takes what he wants— like all great men,” or some other euphemism.
Most women are so afraid of burning bridges or appearing bitchy, that they talk in code.