I wouldn't stoop to his level and play the "who can play harder to get" game. Just deal with each incident on a case-by-case basis and set some ground rules, especially now that he's your boyfriend.
Why's he taking his time calling you back? Call him on it. Just be like "Hey, why didn't you call me back yesterday?" I think it's reasonable to expect your significant other to call you back before the day is over, ya know? I mean, he doesn't have to talk your ear off, just a quick 2-minute phone call does the trick. I assume you're not being needy and expecting him to pour his heart out to you on a daily basis or anything.
If you want to go out on a certain day, and he gets all fickle, call him on it! Maybe joke around about it, like "What's up, baby? You're always giving me the run around like you're some kind of slippery fish. If you can't let me know today, I'm gonna make plans with someone else, ok?"
And if you don't talk to him for a few days 'cause you're busy and he's suddenly all up on you, joke around with him about that too, like "You dork, last week you wouldn't even return my calls and now you're texting me five times a day? A little hot and cold are we?"
This stuff he's doing, like not calling back, not knowing about a certain date, aside from being "hard to get" it's just plain poor manners. So at first I'd let him know by calling him on it in a lighthearted manner, and if it doesn't change, then I'd talk about it more seriously, like "Hey, have you noticed that you're acting like one of those hard-to-get people?"
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