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Master Don Juan
dont run to her to sort it out... be aloof & indifferent. wait till she contacts you.
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.
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.
What does "a man takes what he wants" have to do with friendship?LinkinParkROX said:What about "a man takes what he wants"? In all honesty, I do miss her a little bit. I'm such an RAFC lol.
Kal0051 said:I do believe he likes this girl, even if he doesn't realize it. He reminds me a bit of me before I realized my "best female friend" was really more than a friend. The sooner he comes to that realization the simpler his life will be.
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.
+1. you have mad oneitisKal0051 said:I do believe he likes this girl, even if he doesn't realize it. He reminds me a bit of me before I realized my "best female friend" was really more than a friend. The sooner he comes to that realization the simpler his life will be.