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.
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.
nothing wrong with having some 'georgie24 alone time'georgie24 said:i let myself get to down about being alone on weekends so im hiding in the house until monday, im only stepping out for food and the gym
also trying not to FAP, been doing good almost a week without doing it
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
hey bud,georgie24 said:i forgot to mention im a bloated mess from the refeed
i dont want this to turn into a weekly pattern were i turn into a hermit on the weekends
us that are self employed have liberties to do what we want any day of the week
the appeal of "tgif" is gone i lost the enthusiasm for it years ago but 99% of society still does 9-5 during the week and lives for the weekends
im thinking about getting a part time job just to get into the swing and get the vibe
what you guys think?