"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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Do I want her to let me go?

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Every time I talk to this girl on the phone, we talk for awhile
(way to long), and at the end of the conversation, she always, says, "do you want me to let you go?", I am not quite sure what to say to this, or what she means by it.

At first I thought that it was because she wanted to get off the phone, because she ended the call. But then I ended the call the next time, and it was the same thing.

Any clue??
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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So how do I respond, I seem to be doing ok, but if anybody here has any really good answers for that I would like to hear them.
 

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"Not really, but I have to get up early, or go do something"

Like Hubris said, don't worry about it too much.
 

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her: "do you want me to let you go?"
you: i was hoping you'd ask me that sooner, sigh
 

"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.

Read more...

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Originally posted by jaybeezi
Every time I talk to this girl on the phone, we talk for awhile
(way to long), and at the end of the conversation, she always, says, "do you want me to let you go?", I am not quite sure what to say to this, or what she means by it.

At first I thought that it was because she wanted to get off the phone, because she ended the call. But then I ended the call the next time, and it was the same thing.

Any clue??
It means you've been on the phone too long. LOL

She likes you and doesn't want to tick you off, but you've ran out of stuff to say and you've lingered on the phone too long. Unless you want to blow audio-kisses to each other for the next hour or two (*barf*), get off the phone when you don't have anything to say.

If she says this, it's usually a way of saying, "Either find something to talk about or have the balls to end the conversation."
 

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I use that phrase all the time with a guy I talk to on the phone for hours at a time. I'm pretty sure the only time I say it is when I think he either wants or needs to get off the phone. Most of the time we can talk for over 3 hours and it just seems like we've been talking a half hour. Although we're "friends", there's something more there. We just live so far away from each other that things can't really progress any further.

I wouldn't put much concern in the comment if I were you.
 
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