Is it normal to be afraid of being too clingy

I seem to always have this fear that I can be too clingy around guys, but my friends say I'm not. I personally don't like guys to be too clingy either. Although not to sound bad but I know more girls who are clingy than guys. And sad to say but my friends can be rather clingy around guys in my thoughts, so I feel like from their help that maybe I have been. Who knows.

What would you define as clingy? Because well its not like I text or call a guy every single day that I like. Having feelings for someone can make you rather stupid in my thoughts. lol

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  • I honestly wouldn't mind a clingy girlfriend. I mean as long as I can hang out with friends and she's not gonna have a heart attack from it, it's all good. I wouldn't mind spending all my time with her too.

    Too clingy for me would be someone who won't allow you to do something, for example: I want to go at a bar with my buddies and she gets mad at me because she doesn't want me to go out with friends.

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  • I would love a clingy girl, just not overly clingy. It just makes me feel loved, and I don't understand what's wrong with wanting to be with someone, because you love them so much.

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  • yotaisgame1

    Im somewhat clingy. But is it a crime to really love someone, want to be around them all the time and talk all the time? Clingy is good as long as she doesnt get mad when i cant hang out and have other things to do.

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  • joybird

    Would completely turn me off!

    I think if you're going out with someone then one text a day wouldn't be clingy. It's such a grey area that you have to judge the other person's response but men generally don't like to be bothered too much if they're at work or with their mates.

    Men like to solve problems, so texts to them are more successful if you answer a question. Not this crap, "Coochy coo snuggles... "

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    • Haha... I truely would never send a guy that. But if I text a guy its normally to ask to hangout. I hardly ever bother to text how they are doing or just what's up anymore unless I knew for sure the guy liked me liked me.

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      • joybird

        Well then you certainly don't sound as if you suffer from the suffocating clingy disease :o)

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  • Enduror76

    I believe that clingy is when an individual wants to literally spend 24/7 of their time around those they bear an affection for. I, personally, favor clingy girls. This is because they truly do have a thing for a guy, and are not stringing him along for money or pleasure. I wish that I had a clingy girlfriend because it would not only make myself feel wanted or loved, - something that I desire - but make myself feel needed. It's OK for others to say that they do not like clingy girls, I perfectly understand that. But I wish that a girl like that would enter my life. Although it is wise to be concerned about if you are or not clingy, my advice is take a test online and ask a couple of friends. Or exes, if you really feel it necessary.

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  • RoseIsabella

    I think you're wise to be concerned about clinginess. I don't suspect you're clingy however. Truly clingy people tend not to recognize their stifling pathology but instead attempt to rationalize that they're being romantic or loving meanwhile the object of their affections can't run fast enough. In my humble opinion the worst kind of clingy is demanding and suffocating; no one wants to feel trapped. Don't let your clingy gal pals rub off on you but thus far I suspect you're too smart for that.

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  • ThePonderer

    Perhaps being or the fear of being clingy is a clue that you're concious that you haven't tapped into what makes you happy. We've all looked at others for our source of good healthy energy. So let me say this. If someone likes you, then it's because of something good in you. When you realize the power was in you all the time you'll know how much or how little to cling. this makes sense in time but you'll be fine.

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    • I'm guessing maybe the reason why I feel that way is because my past crushs they never liked me back more than a friend and I feel like I had chased them, when I don't want to. I just haven't found the right guy I guess and I won't feel that way when I do.

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  • stonecutters93

    I always fear I'm being too clingy, I guess one way to handle it is if you feel you're being to clingy is to just back off a bit. Instead of texting like everyday, make it every couple of days.

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  • hoping4best

    I am clingy! And i dont understand that when i text/call this guy while he is at work, he either doesnt reply or just says that he's busy. But IF i manage to Not contact him the whole day, he asks me in the evening "where have u been, didnt u miss me! " and then i feel disgusted,because if i talk to him and text him first..may be its too much, but if i dont then he questions my feelings and priorities.
    I want to be around him whenever i feel like it and i want him to ask me abt my day too,which he doesnt. For me, being clingy SHOULD be appreciated. And guys should appreciate the fact that there's a girl who loves to keep tabs on them. By the way, im a girl. :)

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    • yotaisgame1

      Very well said. And sorry that your guy is like that. It sucks feeling clingy. Even if the other person wants you to be but doesn't show it.

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  • i dont care if others are clingy but i am not myself, i cannot be clingy, sometimes clingy is cute tho

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  • Smartasscookie

    I think people define clingy in different terms. It really depends on how much you like the other person because clinginess can turn from being plain annoying to feeling appreciated and loved ^_^
    Don't fret about it

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  • nowimsureimsane

    Im a cingy man i love it but most girls are cold hearted snakes which really makes me hate them.im sure by what you mean as clingy is really not.id love for a girl to always need me and ask me what im doing where im at and such.tell me you always need me.thats what i like.but im different from most men so....huggs btw....

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  • I would define clingy as someone who always wants to be around you. However, I don't think a lot of guys would mind. I mean, why wouldn't a guy want his love around him? The only guys that I've seen who mind this behavior are those who think that they can treat women like crap. I don't think you sound clingy and to be honest, I do think you understand that people need some space once in awhile.

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    • Why I feel this way at the moment is because I feel like I had contacted this guy too much but what is too much.

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      • Just as long as he has time to hang with his friends.

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