"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Well I've had a major case of oneitis for a girl that I've been interested for 2 years. She has no interest in me, and has interest for my best friend. He has no interest for her, but we're all friends. The thing is I'm not still trying for her, I'm trying to forget her and move on. The only problem is that when she's on good terms with my best friend she couldn't care less about me, but when she's on not-so friendly terms with him she comes straight to me. Not to talk about him, but I become #1 as soon as she's mad at him or they haven't talked in a while.

I hate being #2 and I don't even want her anymore, I just want her to stop comming to me as a backup. I want to send her the message in the nicest way possible cuz she is a friend and a good person. What should I do?
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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