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Description: ‘I don’t play games,’ is a favourite mantra declared by hopeful people at the beginning love stories the world over. However, it can be less obvious what games playing really involves - and therefore how definitively to avoid its dynamics Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/2TMs0dT For books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3zNu4Wk Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3K2UEPF Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks: youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/join FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3HSk80j “Most of us have a general understanding that ‘games playing’ in relationships is a bad thing – and that all good people are opposed to them. ‘I don’t play games,’ is a favourite mantra declaimed by hopeful people at the beginning love stories the world over.However, it can be less obvious what games playing really involves – and therefore how definitively to avoid its dynamics. We too often associate this “so-called sport” with its most obvious manifestations in the dating phase: for example, when a person hides their desire beneath a veneer of indifference, or goes cold as soon as love is reciprocated.” MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on SELF in our playlist: bit.ly/TSOLself SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Gemma Hope-Green gemmagreenhope.com Title animation produced in collaboration with Vale Productions valeproductions.co.uk