Leah
Don Juan
I wonder if she really did have an STD or if your ex was just being bitter? This HB sounds a bit slutty to me, I think you had a lucky escape 
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.
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.
I'll have to remember that. Good FR.This is basically my little theory - based on the kinetic interactions i have with my pet dog...Hell NO!! Guys - i mean petting her you psychos!! - if i stroke her for say 30 seconds, then take away my hand - she will claw at me and bite at me to stroke her again - attention seeking if you will - i apply the same basic principle to women :-
- Going in for a kiss -then pulling away at the last moment
= She grabs my head and pulls me in for a kiss - RESIST!! Kiss her on your own terms.
- Holding her hips and then taking your hands away
= She'll grab your hands and put them back - RESIST!! Take them off and put them somewhere else.
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.
Lol, that happened to me twice... once I was so flustered I choked... the second time I was like "sure" and she really wanted to, despite that I doubted it.Originally posted by The_Shezzler
Me neither until Friday night![]()
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.