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.
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.
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.
pipe007 said:Don't listen to the guys above.
If you have never approached a girl in the past, it will SEEM like the hardest and scariest thing to do in the whole world.
the guys who say pfffff you idiot, just go and do it do not get where you are coming from, they have probably 10000s of approaches already, or are just trolls (most likely)
yes I have done more than 500 approaches probably this year, so I know wtf im talking about.... approaching girls will be hard at first, but if you are willing to go through the pain of embarrassment and humiliation that will happen over and over again until you slowly start developing basic social skills to keep a conversation
with time, you will start to develop attractive personality traits, humor, confidence, with time after months and months of approaching girls, you will start to become indifferent, the moment you realize you don't give a damn what a girl things of you, you will start to say funny, outrageous things that will generate attraction
for now.. you care too much! you need lines, you need a positive reaction from them, so you don't get it. you need to get out there and fail too many times
good luck!!!
just say "hey I saw you, and I had to come meet you"
"hey you are cute, I had to come talk to you"
if she is walking towards you get in front of her ( hey I see you, and I have to say Hi to you)
and then just practice being normal... once you become VERY comfortable talking to girls, practice being INDIFERENT to the outcome, INDIFERENT to their reaction towards you... eventually practice being funny, silly, and sexual