Sentence:  I wasn't trying to be cruel. It's just, with all the waiting-by-the-phone stuff that happens when you're twenty-five—the <WSD>headgames</WSD>, the guys never being honest, or their acting like you're trying to do something awful to them just by caring—a girl's got to take her power back. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An attempt to psychologically manipulate