"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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Apparently a cute girl I met is "off-limits?"

The Comeback Kid

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Since I don't specifically "like" any girls for the time being, things haven't been all too dramatic. This evening, I saw a girl in the dining hall that is atleast a HB9; she's pretty cute and definitely a head-turner. I know who she is - I had met her 2 or 3 weeks back at a house I often hang out at, seeing her today refreshed my memory. One little problem; she's supposedly "off limits."

You see, this girl went to high school with one of the guys I know who also hangs out at this same house. He has known her for 3 years. Of course the two of them hung out since they know each other. I only spoke with her for a few minutes, the guy we both know was right there too (I think I'm the only other guy she talked to ;) ). After she and her two girl friends left for the night, I soon learned that the guy who knows her from HS wants her. :cuss: And oddly, he wants a good-natured competition between us; he's not even being ****y here, he seems rather genuine! :crazy:

I think his thinking is b/c I also find her attractive, he wants us to compete for her (I dunno why). He also says competition bring out the best in him. My guess is that he wants to conduct an experiment. This "matchup" pits two guys who are opposites against each other. I am pretty well-built (I workout often), have some off-the-cuff humor, and dress more mainstream; this guy doesn't really have the looks (very skinny), he dresses more alternatively, but he's known her for 3 years (they went to high school together) and they get along well. Being unbiased, after observing her choice of dress and her mannerisms, plus the fact it seems she likes to run/workout too, I think she is more my type than his, but I could be wrong.

The one problem is, there's no way I can keep contact with her right now without coming off as a creep. She hasn't been to the house since (although the guy I know has tried to make it happen), if I friend her on Facebook after just one five-minute meeting (with the guy and a couple other people right there) that may be a little odd, and if I walk up to her in the dining hall as she's with a friend or w/e, that can't come off so great either.

What is the correct choice of action here? If this guy - who I'd consider a friend but not a real close buddy - really does "like" her, I'll let things go. However, if he doesn't really "like" her, then I feel I should do something the next time the opportunity arises - I have nothing to lose. Can I do anything for now, or is this not going anywhere?
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Your story doesnt even make sense, how can she be "off limits" if this guy wants to compete with you over her?

Anyway forget that, "competing" for chicks is as gay as a cucumber sandwich. Do your "competing" by banging 10 other chicks, you should know this already.

The Comeback Kid said:
atleast a HB9
I think your rating system is broken mate, 90% perfect? Get the fvck outta here. No wonder these b!tches your age behave like they sh!t gold nuggets. (before the drop kicking off the pedestal of course) You know how many chicks are 90% perfect, realisitically? I dare say at your age you dont even know any anyway.
 

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Your story doesnt even make sense, how can she be "off limits" if this guy wants to compete with you over her?

Anyway forget that, "competing" for chicks is as gay as a cucumber sandwich. Do your "competing" by banging 10 other chicks, you should know this already.



I think your rating system is broken mate, 90% perfect? Get the fvck outta here. No wonder these b!tches your age behave like they sh!t gold nuggets. (before the drop kicking off the pedestal of course) You know how many chicks are 90% perfect, realisitically? I dare say at your age you dont even know any anyway.
You have a point. I got both signals from the guy. I have no idea why he wants to "compete," but if he's head over heels for her, he can have her. I agree with you about the competing - I'm not going to kill myself pursuing a girl I don't know real well, there is no point. There are a lot of girls out there.

Regarding the rating system, I got a laugh out of it. What I meant was, looks-wise on a scale of 1-10, I'd consider her a 8.5 or a 9. Now that doesn't mean I treat them like a Queen (or on a pedestal). I try to use some C+F to knock them back down to earth. There's one girl in a class of mine who thinks she is amazing b/c of her looks (figure a 8-8.5)...I have fun with this situaton b/c she's always so serious and I'm cracking jokes all the time like Jerry Seinfeld. :p
 

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The Comeback Kid said:
I agree with you about the competing - I'm not going to kill myself pursuing a girl I don't know real well, there is no point. There are a lot of girls out there.
Yep true, but no reason why you cant give her a good try in the mean time while your sampling other birds.

If she burns you.. GREAT, you needed the experience. If she doesnt..GREAT, you can take a picture of your balls in her mouth and send it to that other sh!t stain. (I'm only half joking btw, that would reek of him actually existing to you, which he doesnt.)
 

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Your story doesnt even make sense, how can she be "off limits" if this guy wants to compete with you over her?

Anyway forget that, "competing" for chicks is as gay as a cucumber sandwich. Do your "competing" by banging 10 other chicks, you should know this already.

I think your rating system is broken mate, 90% perfect? Get the fvck outta here. No wonder these b!tches your age behave like they sh!t gold nuggets. (before the drop kicking off the pedestal of course) You know how many chicks are 90% perfect, realisitically? I dare say at your age you dont even know any anyway.
Hahahaha. excellent post man. =) i couldn't have said it better myself.

seriously. those morons are competing over these girls are boosting their self esteem up beyond belief and they act like they are hot sh1t.

this girl enjoys being chased. i dont like those types of women. it grosses me out. i am not gonna spend my time running after a woman like a hungry puppy sallivating and drooling at the thought of being with her.. screw that.
 

"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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You're in a better position than he is.

Three years + Nothing yet = Friend Zone.

This dude is in the friend zone better yet a quarantine zone and he's not getting out. If you play your cards right, this should be as easy as beating OSU in the BCS National Championship Game.

Good Luck.
 

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You're in a better position than he is.

Three years + Nothing yet = Friend Zone.

This dude is in the friend zone better yet a quarantine zone and he's not getting out. If you play your cards right, this should be as easy as beating OSU in the BCS National Championship Game.

Good Luck.
haha thanks, I like the analogy. I have a gut feeling this is true...he's known her for three years, he hasn't done anything so I would think he's just a "friend" to this girl. The problem of course, is I need this guy in order to ever see the girl (he has her #). The only other chance I'd have is if I see the girl in the dining hall on line for something and I do the old, "Hey...[girl's name]? What's up? You were hanging out with us at [address/name of place] with [name of guy friend I mentioned here], right?" routine. I can't friend her on Facebook yet since I don't really know her. In short, I can't really make anything happen right now unless I somehow run into her or this other guy gets her to hang out with us again.

As for Metaphyical, he's correct. The difference here is that I don't know this girl. My friend (the other guy) is the one who made up the competition thing, I don't think she was involved in that decision. if I sense that this girl is someone who enjoys being chased because of the attention and thinks she's amazing, then I lose interest. I mentioned a girl like this on here recently - this other girl is attractive, but she is pretty pretentious and isn't worth my time (the difference is that this pretentious chick is now trying to play games and it makes me laugh).
 

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This guy has no chance, he has know her for 3 years and couldnt close the deal and start dating her. He is a loser IMO and i wouldnt even worry about him.
 
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