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.
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.
ryannath said:I think Fox News has hotter chicks than CNN. Julie Banderas is hot http://www.super-hair.net/banderas4.JPG , and so is Laurie Dhue, the blonde. http://www.adrants.com/images/dhue.jpg
She's leaving FOX for CNN, I guess she's made it on the hot scale.Potbelly said:2 words:
Kiran Chetry
Speaking of FOX, that Jane Skinner has a dirty mind, this woman just can't wait to go home and get some:Francisco d'Anconia said:She's leaving FOX for CNN, I guess she's made it on the hot scale.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Yeahhhhhh, she was wet....DJDamage said:Speaking of FOX, that Jane Skinner has a dirty mind, this woman just can't wait to go home and get some:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvGLgmj4lWk
Wow are you an idiot? Do you know anything? She already left FOX long ago and has been working for CNN for a while.Francisco d'Anconia said:She's leaving FOX for CNN, I guess she's made it on the hot scale.
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.
I knew that there was contract negotiations going on but I thought that CNN offered a better deal.Deus ex Pianoforte said:Actually...I think she was fired, heh.
http://www.postchronicle.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=9&num=64883
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It's been all of a month, but I guess that seems like a lifetime if you're a juvenile. :rockon:Potbelly said:Wow are you an idiot? Do you know anything? She already left FOX long ago and has been working for CNN for a while.
Dude, next time don't act like you know something when you don't because I can tell that you spent 2 secs googling it.:rockon:
Glad that I can keep you interested PB, you're the highlight of my day.Potbelly said:you know what, I actually felt bad for going off on yuo, but not anymore.
you're arrogant ass still won't admit that you don't know anything. fess up to not knowing stuff about this from your previous posts. yeah a month, well that's not exactly currently like you thought it was now was it? I guess time goes slower for older people too