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.
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.
I would say." Honey, Im glad you rasied this issue. However I think that we still have enough for a good friendship without sex. Would you be OK if i had other sexual partners?"SamMalone said:Is this acceptable? She's still doing me, so I guess it shouldn't be a big deal, but I don't know if these are just jokes or what. And no I am not secure in that area.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
It depends man. In what context is she saying this? If she is doing this to tease you, she might just be actually teasing you. In that case, just tease her back. If you feel that she's saying it to be spiteful or because she actually believes that, you need to have the boundary talk. In any case, it should be her you should be telling this too not us. Be honest to her about how you think it's not cool that she does that.SamMalone said:Is this acceptable? She's still doing me, so I guess it shouldn't be a big deal, but I don't know if these are just jokes or what. And no I am not secure in that area.
I'm sorry. Obviously you've never had good sexTrader said:In the end - it's always about her.
Even during the pleasurable act of sex - the man must *serve* the girl, and the girl always expects to be *served.*
Sex is so overrated.
There are lots of reasons women do this and it's quite common since it's usually an extremely weak spot in men. She can have multiple reasons wrapped all in one. It doesn't really matter.SamMalone said:Is this acceptable? She's still doing me, so I guess it shouldn't be a big deal, but I don't know if these are just jokes or what. And no I am not secure in that area.
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
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.