"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.
Are you a leader?
- Thread starter The Gamer
- Start date
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
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.
mikeraw
Don Juan
The way I consider myself a leader is by having options to choose from and by having enough confidence in myself that people emulate me.
For instance... If a group of my friends want to go to a club and I dont want to go, I tell them that I dont like that particular club and am instead going out with others... I'm social enough that they recognize that they will meet girls with meand/or have a good time, so they either change their plans to do what I suggest or I give them the impression that I had such an awesome time with the other group of friends that they learn their lesson and the following time they do what I suggest.
Also, whenever I walk into whatever place, I am so confident that I'm the best at certain things so I guess people follow my lead in the drinks that I order, conversations to engage in, even body language. Dressing nice and staying in shape help out a lot in that.
Unfortunately, no, I do not consider myself a leader.
Various reasons I guess which include (in no particular order):
- never have been comfortable being the center of attention
- slight social anxiety
- lean towards the introverted side of the fence
- am pretty indecisive about many things, leaders need to take a stand (this is a big one)
- not comfortable with confrontation
- have a hard time expressing emotion
- have always preferred working out situations/issues/problems on my own instead of by committee or a support group
- a few other things...
I would say the major reason though is not being comfortable leading unless I am 100% confident and knowledgeable in the topic on which I am attempting to lead.
For example, If I were on a road trip with a bunch of people I wouldn't want to take charge because I have a terrible sense of direction.
I notice a lot of so called leaders just pretend to know, even when they are not 100% sure of something, and sound confident in what they are saying, so people look at them as leaders.
I have a very hard time doing that.
- Step forward when others are hesitating.
- Make a decision when others are indecisive.
- Take charge when others are panicking.
- Boldly go where noone dared.
- Be protective of your crew and instill confidence in them.
- And even when you lead it wrong, you lead it strong!
I started early. At primary school, I used to play army and I was the general leading my class mates into battle against kids from other classes.
I think introversion/extroversion is too simplified when it comes to defining a leader. A leader has a commanding presence in group situations and is a people's person, but also can be a fearless lone wolf if he finds himself in such circumstances.st_99 said:
I don't think that necessarily means it's not a leadership quality. A leader should be able to work out solutions on his own. It's precisely situations where other people fail that they need a leader to direct them out of troubles.st_99 said:
They get some, they lose some. Leaders get women, for sure, but getting a particular woman? Maybe not. Many famous leaders in history failed to get their women, or "got" women that we don't think much of. However, I have no doubt that women were far from the top of their priorities.The Gamer said:
"She's Out of Your League"
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.