If you want woman A, you approach and get her. If not, her loss.
Life is not ideal. `Female competition` is the good as the option in case you are desperate but you don`t wish that to became obvious. So you insert `competition` (if conditions are met for that) while in reality you giving last chance to the female A, before your exist strategy, as you said, in search for the another woman A.
There is that rule. Never pursue a female that you didn`t fascinate. So, you can give more time to some female only in case you aren`t sure about her first signals. Example. She maybe react positively at first but then she looks like reserved. Reasons may be various. It may even be her trick. So, you seek the way for some more time. But, I suggest, never to waste too much time.
Sure, honesty. Lies, pretense and manipulation are for the weak.
I see. Yes. Honesty in that sense, I agree. Never tried essentially to lie about myself, what really I am. Trickery is one thing but, manipulation come back to one as the boomerang.