"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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Forgot girlfriend's birthday.

Greasy Pig

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Hey guys, I put my GF's birthday in my calendar for Saturday but I just found out it's actually today.
Tried calling her but she rejected the call. Sent her an apologetic text explaining the screw up and she replied she didn't want to talk because she doesn't know what to say. Obviously not happy.
We've been together exclusively for about a year so this is the first birthday of hers I've had to deal with.
Should I let her cool down or try to keep contacting her?
Cheers boys.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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sharkbeat

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?? You apologized. Nothing else to do on your part. It's her problem for not accepting your apology. You are not here to cave to her emotion.

Move on. Keep open dinner/lunch plans in case she contacts you back.
 

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It might be a bit difficult, but you have to leave her alone for maybe a couple of days. You put effort into resolving it by apologizing for the error and explaining what happened. Now it's her turn to work at resolving it. If she doesn't put effort into resolving this petty issue, then she's going to make a lousy long term girlfriend.
 

Greasy Pig

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I knew my brothers here would say that and glad I per-empted it.
Took her about an hour of radio silence from me before she started blowing up my phone and cracking jokes via text.
Her initial unreasonable reaction is disturbing though. Mental note taken.
Fvck I love So Suave.
It wasn't so long ago that I would've been begging for forgiveness and throwing myself at her mercy.
"Red pill" Greasy Pig stayed calm and rationalised that any overly negative overreaction on her part was her problem, not mine.
I was just worried that my indiscretion warranted more than one sincere apology but in my gut I knew it wasn't a massive deal.
Thanks fellas.
 
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