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.
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.
"Of course I am dear. Would you care to go dancing tonight?"snowdog said:Happened to me a couple of times, just wondering...
After asking a girl out, she asks "are you attracted to me?".
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.
It depends on how she asks that question. If it's a naive young girl who hasn't been on many dates (or any date at all) - I've dealt with a couple - she might actually be kinda serious about that question. I'd say something like:snowdog said:Happened to me a couple of times, just wondering...
After asking a girl out, she asks "are you attracted to me?".
How the hell do you respond to that?
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.
Danger said:Her: Are you attracted to me?
You: Why do girls always ask me that?
Her: Are you attracted to me?
You: Have you ever gone camping? You look like the type.
Her: Are you attracted to me?
You: You think you can hook me up with your hot friend?
Her: Are you attracted to me?
You: Yeah, you're not that fat.
To me, this is a $hit test. You need to either change the subject and ignore it completely, or neg her, or give a C+F answer. Any of the three methods will work. Never, for the love of all that is holy, say yes.
Oh,this is beautiful Danger. Good stuff right here man. Rep. point baby!Danger said:Her: Are you attracted to me?
You: Why do girls always ask me that?
Her: Are you attracted to me?
You: Have you ever gone camping? You look like the type.
Her: Are you attracted to me?
You: You think you can hook me up with your hot friend?
Her: Are you attracted to me?
You: Yeah, you're not that fat.
To me, this is a $hit test. You need to either change the subject and ignore it completely, or neg her, or give a C+F answer. Any of the three methods will work. Never, for the love of all that is holy, say yes.
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.
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.