"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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Did I come on too strong?

King Of Nowhere

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:p :)
 
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"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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How is this coming on too strong? Maybe in the 1920's.

The only thing you're doing wrong is texting so goddamn much. God I hate when people have these back and forth text conversations.

Even if you wanted to send a random text to make her laugh, you could have just stopped after the Will Ferrell joke.

Look, all you have to do is say, "I think you could use a drink. Let's do happy hour this week." Or if you don't drink, replace that with bowling/hiking/whatever.

Just stop playing around on text and get this thing into the real world.
 

Slick Rick-NZ

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What did she say after you said will you make me desert?
And what did you reply?
When she said when are you coming over would have been a great opportunity to ask her out or set something up.
I don't rely text chicks much I wate a couple of hours between txts some times because I am busy and I hate ah, lame random text when you have nothing to talk about. You don't haf to do that but just act a bit more busy like you have things todo not just sitting around texting every 10 seconds.
But no I don't think you came on too strong maybe you didn't come on strong enough.
Slick..
 

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Iceberg said:
How is this coming on too strong? Maybe in the 1920's.

The only thing you're doing wrong is texting so goddamn much. God I hate when people have these back and forth text conversations.

Even if you wanted to send a random text to make her laugh, you could have just stopped after the Will Ferrell joke.

Look, all you have to do is say, "I think you could use a drink. Let's do happy hour this week." Or if you don't drink, replace that with bowling/hiking/whatever.

Just stop playing around on text and get this thing into the real world.

Kids text. Never heard of Will Ferrial. Always helps to know the name. A reason you shouldn't text if you cant spell. why would this be strong? Seems awfully light to me.
 
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Iceberg said:
How is this coming on too strong? Maybe in the 1920's.

The only thing you're doing wrong is texting so goddamn much. God I hate when people have these back and forth text conversations.

Even if you wanted to send a random text to make her laugh, you could have just stopped after the Will Ferrell joke.

Look, all you have to do is say, "I think you could use a drink. Let's do happy hour this week." Or if you don't drink, replace that with bowling/hiking/whatever.

Just stop playing around on text and get this thing into the real world.
Iceberg hit the nail right on the head. Texting and the internet is cool IF you can quickly transition to the phone and an in-person meeting, quickly.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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