"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Boy asks girl for number, is talked to condescendingly

"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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betheman

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how was he talked to condescendingly? I think the boy dun good, look at the crowd reaction, males and females, he would come out of the with a lot of credibility
 

ChalengeGuyFan

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Someone give the man a beer! Nicely played!

A comment there:
"You, sir, are a king among people with a ballsack" :crackup:
 

goodfoot

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Even if she was going to give it to him, she's not going to say her number in a microphone for everyone to hear. It definitely was a bold move.
 

"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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MisterD

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Yeah. Bold move. I know part of the approah anxiety guys have is fear of being rejected in public.

That's why I live by the phrase "fortune favors the bold".

When you ask a girl for her number, you have a 50/50 shot of getting it. Either you get it, or you don't, which makes no difference because you didn't have it to begin with. You gotta play those odds
 
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