"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

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Excuses for "not interested"

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Just for fun and amusement,what are common "thanks but no thanks" responses/excuses from women when you pitch the date (when they are trying to be polite but really its game over!)

Il start with

"Il let you know"
 

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I have been told that they were going to the hospital and were really sick.

One I got a text from her "Mom" explaining she was in a really bad car wreck and couldn't make it.

One said they had to take their dog for emergency surgery.

A few just never showed up and never communicated with me again.
 

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"Let's wait for (insert any day of the week) to come first."
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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I have been told that they were going to the hospital and were really sick.

One I got a text from her "Mom" explaining she was in a really bad car wreck and couldn't make it.

One said they had to take their dog for emergency surgery.

A few just never showed up and never communicated with me again.
Blimey,some hardcore excuses there!
 

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I'm 47, and I recently made out with a girl who is 28, who I've known for 10 years. I got her number, texted her, she replied, but wouldn't lock down a date. Tried a week later, no reply.

I saw her last night, as I was exciting a bar, while she was entering, and she was like "Hi xxxx!", and I responded "Hi xxx!", but left it at that and walked home.

It's confusing, but sometimes you can't win.
 

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You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

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I'm 47, and I recently made out with a girl who is 28, who I've known for 10 years. I got her number, texted her, she replied, but wouldn't lock down a date. Tried a week later, no reply.

I saw her last night, as I was exciting a bar, while she was entering, and she was like "Hi xxxx!", and I responded "Hi xxx!", but left it at that and walked home.

It's confusing, but sometimes you can't win.
The polarity isn't right , she may be slightly interested but not enough to make her want too see you
 

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The polarity isn't right , she may be slightly interested but not enough to make her want too see you
I think I lost my frame. I was exciting the pub, and she was entering. She said hello first. I focused on her. I should have given more scope to who she was with, ie: a guy or not? If not, I should've gone back in the pub with her. I messaged her when I got home, but she didn't reply.
 

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What do you mean by that? She would smash, but depending on her mood?
I mean you haven't done a good enough job at placing her in her feminine frame and you in your masculine

She's a 20 something woman she wants to be dominated and led she doesn't want to sense indecision /confusion or fear from you

You're like 20 years older than her act like It .
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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I mean you haven't done a good enough job at placing her in her feminine frame and you in your masculine

She's a 20 something woman she wants to be dominated and led she doesn't want to sense indecision /confusion or fear from you

You're like 20 years older than her act like It .
Thanks for the advice.
 

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Do any of you watch pop the balloon with Arlette Amuli? Watch episode 15 or 23. Good lord, when did 6'2 and 6'3 get considered short outside of the NBA? I'm gonna have to sell my Lexus and get a Benz now, if not a Maserati. It seems car shaming is a thing too, where you better be driving a high end BMW, Benz, or European exotic. I'm 6'2 myself now I gotta get height surgery? Damn. Anyways, here's some phrases.

You're not my type.
Let's be friends first.
You look like my ex/cousin/baby daddy.
I'm having covid symptoms.
You're a nice guy/so sweet but...
I have a boyfriend.
I don't feel a spark.
I know someone who'd love to meet you.
You're too xyz.
You're not xyz enough.
Let's talk more on the site.
Maybe/ I'll let you know/ we'll see.
Give me your number first.

To name a few.
 

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One I got a text from her "Mom" explaining she was in a really bad car wreck and couldn't make it.
This is nasty work, I mean damn I thought I had heard it all but how evil you gotta be to "Fake" her mom messaging you about being in a car wreck? I had a girl who flaked on me telling me she had to help her mother clean, this was two years ago. 6 months later we matched on Hinge when I was using it at the time and she was upset that I had called her out on her lies needless to say I never went out with her but no loss on my part.

I think I lost my frame. I was exciting the pub, and she was entering. She said hello first. I focused on her. I should have given more scope to who she was with, ie: a guy or not? If not, I should've gone back in the pub with her. I messaged her when I got home, but she didn't reply.
You messaging her was a mistake and made you look desperate and needy. Should have had her reach out to you.

Do any of you watch pop the balloon with Arlette Amuli? Watch episode 15 or 23. Good lord, when did 6'2 and 6'3 get considered short outside of the NBA? I'm gonna have to sell my Lexus and get a Benz now, if not a Maserati. It seems car shaming is a thing too, where you better be driving a high end BMW, Benz, or European exotic. I'm 6'2 myself now I gotta get height surgery? Damn. Anyways, here's some phrases.

You're not my type.
Let's be friends first.
You look like my ex/cousin/baby daddy.
I'm having covid symptoms.
You're a nice guy/so sweet but...
I have a boyfriend.
I don't feel a spark.
I know someone who'd love to meet you.
You're too xyz.
You're not xyz enough.
Let's talk more on the site.
Maybe/ I'll let you know/ we'll see.
Give me your number first.

To name a few.
I love watching the show cause it shows the hypocrisies and delusion of modern women. However, I would say 70-99% of the women depending on the episode are not wifey material much less girlfriend material. A lot of hoodrat types, even some of the hottest chicks are single mothers with 3 different babies, strippers etc. I remember the episode with the Asian stripper she seemed like a cool chick but you can tell her that something or someone(s) in the past did a number on her. The show IMO needs more variety of women from different races cause honestly the ones they put in place are not even qualified.
 

"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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