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Exactly.
Being open and communicating clearly are probably the most attractive features in the world.
You do realize that asking can follow misreading a signal? Which is what happened in the instance I was referring to. I'm more than happy to communicate desires. That's literally what I've been suggesting here just that it should go both ways.
Best practice is to communicate before taking action.
It's the same with building a house. Imagine you put one brick onto another, and only after that draw a plan. Kind of a waste of energy.
Talk first, act second.
I never once have said saying no is not okay. If someone isn't comfortable doing shit with me I absolutely want them to say no. I've never held that against anyone. The thing I have issues with is that "no" often isn't the only consequence to trying to move forward before they are ready as in the example I gave where I interpreted a signal wrong and suggested we go to the bedroom, she shot me down, the evening continued on without any further pressure from me on the issue and then a week later I find out that afterwards she was complaining about me trying to move too fast to several of her friends. Which makes me look like an asshole in our shared social circle. That I do have a problem with and it's hardly the only experience I've had where it was difficult to get a woman to communicate on the subject with me.
I think the problem is the girl not you. If you asked her politely, she said no, and then you backed down, there is no reason for her to bad mouth you to friends. I could understand maybe asking one trusted person for advice but spreading rumors through a friend group is a serious issue. Not just the girl but also the friends spreading the rumor. I think a lot of people are really bad at communicating and it leads to more issues. If she had simply talked to you about how she felt, I'm sure you both could have worked through it.
Thanks. Fortunately a lot of her friends knew me well enough to question it. One of them was actually the one who told me she was talking about it and wanted to get my side.