"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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am i doign something wrong?

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There's this HB7 that I met through some friends (we went out on group activities etc).

I'm always laid back and relaxed, don't call her much, just out to have fun. She was giving me lots of IOIs after a couple of weeks. She touches me a lot, and leans in to me, asks me out to a few movies one on one. So I step it up a tiny bit. I don't say anything, but during our one on one meetings. I do things like putting my arm around her when we walk to and from the car, etc. She doesn't lean in back or anything, but she doesn't pull away either.

I thought she might be just shy, so I decided to take the lead a little bit more. I started calling her up instead of her calling me all the time. Not calling her everyday or anything, but I call her sometimes, maybe around once per 3 days and ask her out. She's turned me down like the past 3 times (her parents are in town and she wants to spend time with them, which might be a real reason BUT the last time we went out her parents are still around.) And she doesn't lean into me or touch me very much anymore.

I have no idea if i'm reading too much into this or have i slipped back into AFC mode without knowing it?
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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It seems like you're making it too easy for her. Although you didn't play it totally wrong, since she took the initiative first.

I'm in a very similar predicament with a girl who wants me to come to her dorm one second, and the next second she will not even return my phone calls.

You know how I got her to return every single one of my phone calls? I started dating other girls and I let her know about it (indirectly). Don't be too obvious about letting her know, cause thats when she'll just think you're being corny.

Girls want something they have to work for. It doesn't seem like you've made her work for you yet.
 

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WC2 said:
It seems like you're making it too easy for her. Although you didn't play it totally wrong, since she took the initiative first.

I'm in a very similar predicament with a girl who wants me to come to her dorm one second, and the next second she will not even return my phone calls.

You know how I got her to return every single one of my phone calls? I started dating other girls and I let her know about it (indirectly). Don't be too obvious about letting her know, cause thats when she'll just think you're being corny.

Girls want something they have to work for. It doesn't seem like you've made her work for you yet.
Two thumbs up, you nailed it!

If she's gonna turn you down cuz her parents are in town. Don't give her the opportunity to turn you down again. You can tell her to give you a ring when she's free (when her parents are out of town).
 
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