kinda. ok say you're interested in me and you start chatting, i have no interest in you but am nice, chat it up with you for a few then i excuse myself and let you know it was nice meeting you....then i bail. then a second later you see me talking to todd.....now do you think todd is the CBer??
If I understand the concept correctly, then, no, this isn't CBing.
Well, of course if you were talking to me, there would be no reason to be looking elsewhere, but for instruction purposes... this wouldn't be considering CBing because YOU chose to talk to Todd, Todd didn't come over to us and interrupt our conversation with the intent to pull your attention away from me.
ok now what if todd knows you and stops byto say hi and i start including todd in the convo. would you consider that??
I think Todd would have to do that on a regular basis. One time doesn't count.
I would only consider that CBing if Todd shows an interest in you. If he isn't interested in you and you start including him in the conversation, I would notice that you are more into him than you are into me but knowing that Todd wouldn't return the feelings, I would consider it a fair game and no harm was done.
I think this is obviously not applicable. The case would only apply to a situation where one dude is talking to a chick and then the other sees and knowingly steals or attempts to steal her attention away.
There have been certain situations you refer to where the second guy would either avoid being to friendly with her to avoid the appearance of impropriety or simply talk to guy #1 and smooth it out. ONLY if they are friends. Unfortunately, these and all other chivalrous rules don't seem to be applied if the guys don't know each other...