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.
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.
whats LTR?PeterNorthisawesome said:Problem is once you do anything with her it spreads like crazy and if your manager finds out... ITS BAD! you can get fired for it. I try not to flirt with any of my coworkers but can't help it cuz there's like 20 HBs! one girl is an attention ***** though she flirts/kino EVERYGUY (including me) at work... which gets annoying. O well make sure if you have a LTR and it doesn't work your ready to leave cuz it'll be VERY awkward.
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.
THanksSean O said:whats LTR?
LTR stands for long term relationship.
I didnt think you could get fired for dating co-workers. I know that dating managers was a big noPeterNorthisawesome said:Problem is once you do anything with her it spreads like crazy and if your manager finds out... ITS BAD! you can get fired for it. I try not to flirt with any of my coworkers but can't help it cuz there's like 20 HBs! one girl is an attention ***** though she flirts/kino EVERYGUY (including me) at work... which gets annoying. O well make sure if you have a LTR and it doesn't work your ready to leave cuz it'll be VERY awkward.
Yea the girl i mentioned above seems pretty cool, but I want to make sure Im not analyzing. Of course worrying about doing that might be an AFC thing to doEmbrace said:Careful having LTR with co-workers. A chick friend/ co-worker of mine was with one of the managers at a grocery store I work at.. everything is really ****ty between them now. Him being the manager really has no control over her at the workplace because she'll punish him outside of work.
It just makes things weird, thats why you get fired if you're going out with anyone at the workplace.. its not a good idea.
But do whatever you want to do, depending on where yo uwork, make sure the no one knows so you dont get in trouble
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.