"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

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.

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asked girl out week ago, rejected, friend says try again

ohiobohio518

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I got this girl's number because we were vibing pretty well, and asked her to lunch 3 days later for the following day. She gave me a legitimate excuse (out of town for the weekend, confirmed) and said that she'd like to go maybe some other time. She didn't sound very enthusiastic, and didn't give a counteroffer, so I nexted her.

A week later, I was talking to her friend and she told me to ask her to lunch again.

It's been a week since I asked said girl to lunch. Would it be too late if I called her tomorrow? Do you think I should trust her friend?
 

"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.

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Nothing to lose and maybe something to gain.
 

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Yeah, do it again. It's only 2 mins of your time. Probably less than the time it took you to post here and ask.
 

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by "she didnt sound interested" ... i mean.. you know when a girl is glad to hear from you. the tone of her voice. it was very monotonous, very different from how she was 3 days ago.

anyway, ur all right, i should stop wasting time adn call her
 

"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.

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ohiobohio518 said:
I got this girl's number because we were vibing pretty well, and asked her to lunch 3 days later for the following day. She gave me a legitimate excuse (out of town for the weekend, confirmed) and said that she'd like to go maybe some other time.

A week later, I was talking to her friend and she told me to ask her to lunch again.

It's been a week since I asked said girl to lunch. Would it be too late if I called her tomorrow?

First of all, why are you telling her friend you asked her out? Her friend could be going back to her and telling her everything about you. It's nobody's business. It won't be too late to call again but she has to counter this time or else you tell her to call you when she's ready to have lunch and you'll see if you can make it.
 

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YOU ARE OVERTHINKING THIS. Nothing to lose. Is your ego so frail that you can't risk rejection twice? Come on man.
 

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DonJuan11 said:
First of all, why are you telling her friend you asked her out? Her friend could be going back to her and telling her everything about you.

I didn't tell her...... the girl told her. This is natural, girls tell their friends everytghign.
 

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volkme68 said:
YOU ARE OVERTHINKING THIS. Nothing to lose. Is your ego so frail that you can't risk rejection twice? Come on man.
The first time wasn't a rejection. He just thought that it was.
 

"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.

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So you also knwo that girls use there friends to tell the guys they like everything thta they are afraid to say in person, kind of liek most little boys do in 4th grade when they get their first crush. What does her tone have to do with on the phone then? For all you know, her dog just got put to sleep befor eyou called. It would be hard for me to be jolly if my dog was exterminated.
 

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Jitterbug, I agree, that was my point. I know that i can't always hang with a chick when I want to, nor do I always want to. That doesn't mean that I am not into her, just that she isn't the center of my existance. This is the same with most people, male or female. you may by a DJ, but that doesn't change the fact that she has a life too.
 

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volkme68 said:
you may by a DJ, but that doesn't change the fact that she has a life too.
Precisely. There are times when I don't sound very enthusiastic on the phone even to people I really like. It could be that I'm concentrating on work or I've had a bad day, and my mind just isn't into the interaction with that person on the phone. Women can be the same.
 
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