7. She pretends to have plans for Christmas and her birthday.
“If I say I don’t have any plans, it sounds like I’m waiting to be asked out,” explained a woman in her 30s. Some Japanese women pretend to have a full social life because they don’t want their crush to wonder, “Does she want me to take her out?” It’s hard to read a Japanese woman’s mind, but don’t lose hope unless she tells you that she’s going out with her boyfriend.