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.
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
^This.PairPlusRoyalFlush said:7 and over, too many thirsty guys willing to date down and bang even further down.
You mean that if I go to a 9, make my way around the richer,taller guys around her and open with "my shirts aint gonna iron themselves" Im gonna get her?LondonTowers said:Who cares. A DJ is spoiled for choice.
I see way too much focus on girls attitudes on this forum. Focus on your own attitude. You'll quickly see how the world, including girls shape themselves around it.
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.
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:Who Dares Win said:"my shirts aint gonna iron themselves"
I know a guy who is dating a 3/4 and he's probably an 8. Not sure what he is thinking. He usually gets girls that are way hotter than his girlfriend. He "likes her personality". What?PairPlusRoyalFlush said:7 and over, too many thirsty guys willing to date down and bang even further down. Im always AMAZED at some of the guys my exes are able to snag, even though I thought I was dating down.
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.