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.
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.
I wrote 'either' of the 4, because they are all one and the same. And the damage is subtle and insidious. With constant shifting of truths with lies which are so trivial you start to second guess yourself. It's easy to get caught in the web. Only when I got enough I reached escaped velocity and the fallout was brutal due to her abandonment issues."BPD Crazy Psycho Nightmare"?? The title alone is evidence of a minimum of 3 mistakes that were made by OP. How can a girl become 4 levels of bad? You should have walked away at level 1 bad.
But oh, the poor OP needs a hug because she was just a really bad girl and he deserved a really good girl.
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.
It's not filming till March, and I'm hoping something happens between now and then to prevent it but if it doesn't, I'll share privately via pmDude...When it comes out you HAVE to share