"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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Confidence Fluctuations

Upside

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Trying to become better with approaching women and having conversations I find myself hitting up the mall or some sort of enviornment with a lot of girls around. At this point I am not trying to number close, just to get over my approach anxiety is what I am working on.

Anyway, on Wensday I was at a clothing store looking for some new jeans and I see this chick (HB7) several feet away from me. I slowly make my way to her and initiate small talk for about 10-15 minutes and we go our sepeate ways. Then about 20 minutes later I see another girl (HB8) and talk to her too. I left the store feeling pretty good for what its worth...felt pretty confident as soon as I entered the store.

The very next day I went to the mall but the complete opposite happened...I felt like ****. I saw some good looking girls but I did not have the balls to approach one of them and felt like complete garbage the whole time I was there. I pretty much wasted one hour of my time leaving with my head held down. It just didn't click for me that day. I find this strange considering that I had a good time the day before.

This is not anything new. One day I will feel like Superman and the next day I feel like the guy that Superman beat the crap out of. I present myself the best I can every time I go out. Maybe I need to approach more girls in more of a secluded area compared to a busy place like a mall. I don't know...I just find this odd.
 

"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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DarthAngel707

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Yes, I know what you mean. However, think of your confidence as fluctuating like the stock market: it'll go up and down, but the main thing is that it keeps moving up.
 

DonGorgon

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Yup human confidence is affected by success and failure rates and external influence and opinions of others... NO normal person can maintain high confidence we all have up and down days..

The strong people are those who can pull them selves up easily and quickly and or conceal lack of confidence so others cant see it and judge them....
 
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