"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Confidence Issues?

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After realizing that the only way to see other girl's as just other people, was to have my confidence at a reasonable level.

Now.. I'm a recovering social phobic (recovering well, I might add), and I think I still have a scar in the back of my mind left unhealed...

Whenever I'm at school at ALL, even if no one's around, I feel like... like a child! I literally feel like an immature weirdo/creep/geek/dork that doesn't deserve anyone's attention!..

BUT! I am comfortable around this one girl, because I HATE her emo attitude and she's.. not quite pretty (overweight, doesn't take care of herself). And I can make her laugh easily, and I don't feel like a creep at ALL, maybe because she's being the creep for me..

Anyway, I don't know what to do! I've had compliments and I KNOW I'm not anywhere near as ugly as I think!

I used to be able to get nervous just imagining a social situation..
But now I'm fine at home! I feel confident that tomorrow is the day that I give people a good impression of me! Instead of the "omg quiet, ridiculously smart guy".

ANY advice is welcome, because my situation calls for a broad range of treatments (non-medical)... and I'm willing to attempt all.



Basically.. I'm doing pretty much everything right, except I .. I don't seem to know what I look like! And this prevents me from saying what I want to say, and using body language to full advantage...



..Thanks!







p.s. I have hobbies (reading), and I'm in decent shape (better than 60% of males, not gonna be modest). And I'm 15 (better to start young right?).
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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"I KNOW I'm not anywhere near as ugly as I think!"

HOw is that possible?
 
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Originally posted by originaldj
"I KNOW I'm not anywhere near as ugly as I think!"

HOw is that possible?
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Sorry.. what I ment was..


"I KNOW I'm not anywhere near as ugly as I feel
 

"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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