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.
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.
Unless robots take those jobsAgree with man posting up above me... Architects get paid jack, there are no jobs out there for it either. Do anything else and you will be better off. I recommend you go to a trade school for something like becoming an electrician, plumber, or being an HVAC repair man. Blue collar jobs that are never going to go away. More hands on stuff for that training too, less about tests.
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.
Who said you have to provide for some broad?Yep,architecture.Main reason is I do a course with maths in it,and I fukin hate maths.Combine that with a sense of nihilism I feel knowing all this is to provide for some broad in future,it ****ing sucks.
But I'll try something better,not sure this manual jobs will do though.Im not in US,so I can't afford living like a hippie.I'll still need a 'good' job,you know.
Is this your passion and what you really want to do in life? Also, why are you failing exams, where you studying like you were suppose to?Chased out of arch -school for failing one too many exams.
Give up?![]()