"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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Anyone try the Bumble App yet?

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One of my friends is telling me good things about it. Basically its similar to Tinder, only it is set up so that women have to make the first move. Guys cannot contact women first.

All you have to do is swipe and wait for girls to message you once you match. Profiles are short. It is more for hook-ups than LTR's but some people end up dating.

Has anyone had luck with 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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Yea it's pretty good.

Ntm you have endless swipes.
8/10 they'll message you if you match IME
 

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Bumble is Tinder with a better group of women.

I'd say that more women on Bumble are looking for dating vs hooking up. Tinder is still the hook up app.
 

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I just made an account today. The women on Bumble are much hotter on average than Tinder. In fact, it seems to be around 80% hot girls (7-10) and 5% fatties. The other 15% is in the average range.

I'm pretty impressed so far. But I wonder why so many ugly and fat women are avoiding this app.
 

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I installed it, then realised OLD is worthless to me, like looking at garbage. Porn is a tiny bit better.
 

"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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I just made an account today. The women on Bumble are much hotter on average than Tinder. In fact, it seems to be around 80% hot girls (7-10) and 5% fatties. The other 15% is in the average range.

I'm pretty impressed so far. But I wonder why so many ugly and fat women are avoiding this app.
I think its just second nature for an ugly woman who just wants fvcked to go to Tinder. They gravitate to it.

I get messages from women on Bumble that live 2 hours away and say "you're handsome enough to make the drive". I spare them the time unless they are super hot.

I actually like that they have to message me first. It cuts the lower to mid low interest ones out right away.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Fake profiles - the best I've ever seen, but still fake.

Do a bit of googling, should find some reddit threads on the subject.
 

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Seems interesting. I downloaded it only for validation . To be honest though , i don't want the people in my area to see me into old.
 

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Aaaand, they're almost certainly shilling in Reddit and other online forums (hint, hint).
 

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I've had far more success on Bumble than I have on Tinder. Not sure why, I've always had both at the same time, used the same pics, had the same swiping habits. I'm sure it has to do with the algorithms they use. There are lots of fake/inactive profiles on Bumble. Bumble definitely has less trash than Tinder. Bumble has some sort of "points" program that tries to match the highest scoring females with the highest scoring males. Its based on popularity, how many times you swipe right, and if you respond to those you have been matched with.

Tinder is more equivalent to POF as Bumble is more like Match. Still no shortage of girls seeking validation.

Here's a link to the story about the creator of Bumble:

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/08/bumble-app-whitney-wolfe
 
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"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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I tried downloading this app and it looked like one big ad. No interface at all. Am I missing something ?
 

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I'm surprised that women actually bother to message people lol
 

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There are some downright gorgeous women on there, which leads me to think there are many fake profiles. I have matched a couple, but mostly 6-7s. Average looks for the loss... at some point, I need to find some night time activities that will get me out more. I have been a bit unmotivated as of late
 

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One of my friends is telling me good things about it. Basically its similar to Tinder, only it is set up so that women have to make the first move. Guys cannot contact women first.

All you have to do is swipe and wait for girls to message you once you match. Profiles are short. It is more for hook-ups than LTR's but some people end up dating.

Has anyone had luck with it?
I would say stick to Tinder or Happn... I've read a couple profiles on Tinder where women say "Bumble was too much work" at the end of the day we need to remember women like to be guided not leading. Eventually once the novelty of being "an independent women" wears off, they will come to despise putting in all the work.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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