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.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
My fav celebrity gossip page is thesuperficial.com, the guy who writes this blog roasts the celebrities in a way that has me falling out of my seat laughing. Yeah, I can't stand a lot of these narcissists in Hollywood either, but it's good to know a little bit since telling funny stories about actors and musicians is really entertaining to girls.Kev07 said:Celebrity gossip is the dumbest **** I'll never read.
Are you saying that his kid is only a "2 bit."reset said:If it's 50's baby will it be named 25?
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
QFTspeakeasy said:Why is she a wh*re? All she did is have a f*cking dinner with 50 cent, who in interviews is actually a pretty nice guy and is nothing like the thug image he has on his albums. I get sneaking suspicion that if 50 was white, nobody would be hating on her.
backbreaker said:half of the women in american secretly want to be gangbanged
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
So what. Gorilla Boy married Dark Angel. BFD people. It's freakin' Hollywood. Get over it.ChrizZ said:
I don't mean to alarm you Francisco, but I think this guy is black!By the way [to anyone], what makes her a wh0re if she does date this guy?
You're kidding... Does he rap or something?Phyzzle said:I don't mean to alarm you Francisco, but I think this guy is black!![]()
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.