This was something I did to throw him off, and made him think I was seeing someone else.
My hairstyle kept changing...I normally wore it in a ponytail to work, to keep my hair from getting caught in the machines I was working with.
It came to me one day to come out with my hair down; but have my pony tail clip in my pocket; we were creating an illusion for him.
There was the usual round of questions at first; "Aren't you going to tie your hair up? Why not?"
I'd give him vague, one word answers and leave..of course, when I got to work, my hair would go up; and when I got off work, my hair would come back down; and of course, he was still awake watching for me to come in; JUST to see what my HAIR was doing.
And he'd refuse to speak to me; and I knew why, but continued on with the charade I was putting on.
He NEEDED to wonder what I was doing, and his own guilt was filling in the blanks. LOL!
It went on for a week, before it all came to a head.
There finally came a day when he was tired of the answers he was getting and said that I must have a boyfriend; I laughed like a hyena; and denied it; said I respected myself more than that.
Then he sorta pounced on me about my hair down; and I told him that if I DID have a boyfriend; HE would know, because signs would drop.
He said "What signs?" I said "You would know what they are!" But, I wouldn't enlighten him; and he didn't dare ask any more questions at that point. LOL!!
I nearly laughed IN his face, because I could almost see the wheels turning within his brain; trying to figure out what I was doing; he was off balance...and that was the effect I was looking for. LOL!!
Change the way you normally do something, anything....and they surely DO notice it; and questions begin..they don't like your routine to be subject to variation; they don't like change in the LBS.
Never mind what THEY have done, or are doing; it seems to be ok if they toss everything upside down, but HOW DARE YOU do it to THEM! LOL!!
They really don't like the sense of "unbalance" they feel when routine, and what they are used to seeing/experiencing with the LBS changes.
What it all boils down to, is this: Want to get a MLC'er's attention and deepen their confusion? START CHANGING THE WAY YOU ARE....they don't like the lost feeling they get when they don't know you anymore.
Stop being what the MLC'er is used to seeing.
Hey, it's a laff-a-minute out here in MLC land, LOL!!! Only THEY are not laughing!
Nothing wrong with upsetting their apple cart on occasion; sometimes it's necessary to move them along the tunnel.
But then, again, you have to KNOW when times such as those are right..a wrong word or action at wrong time, can cause them to "stick" in the tunnel. That's not to say you do not need to change, you do; but these types of "head games" such as what I outlined above are to handled carefully and thoughtfully.
Follow your intuition in regards to increasing their confusion.
Word of caution, and this is NOT intended to get after you SS, not at all; I chuckled at the different ways of increasing the confusion within your MLC'er. In a way, the head game I played with him was intended to give him a healthy taste of what he'd given me; only on a smaller scale.
And it hit it's intended mark; plus, when I changed that particular detail right back on my own; it confused him further, LOL!!
It IS funny, but don't go too far with the jokes; the serious side of them, for some reason, is in high gear, much like a teen who is extremely low in self confidence; so be careful; as they DO remember what was done to them, and how they were treated while within the tunnel later on.
Have a good one.