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.
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.
theres single women and theres single menOriginally posted by Juan_Man
I'm just curious to wonder how many single guys have gone this route on Valentine's Day Weekend.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
yes. Valentines day doesn't mean anything to me. In fact, I make sure all my girls get nothing.Originally posted by Caldus
Would you rather stay at home?
Sounds like you're going to be alone this Valentines... why don't you go to a bar and let us know how it turns out?Originally posted by Juan_Man
Does anyone have empirical evidence?
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.
Last year i had met someone a few weeks before valentines dayOriginally posted by Caldus
Seems like people are rushing to get a GF before Valentine's Day. Wouldn't be logical to wait until after so that you don't have to buy them anything?![]()
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.
we need more of dirty details on your night with the girl.Oxide said:Just as Postscript:
I went out, had a blast, had great conversations with girls ( one was about experiences in sex with a ****tail waitress who chose to sit down and talk during her worktime), got girls to buy me drinks and generally had a blast.
I met a girl, got her number, week later we went out and she ended up at my place.
I hope the rest of you went out as well.