"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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Give Her Space (to Multitext)

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Have you ever noticed that sometimes it's best to not reply to your girl's texts to see where she will go with the conversation? I shut my phone off for 6 hours and come back to find something like this (a dramatization).

1) 3:50PM I just wanted to talk to you, love, that's all.
2) 4:01PM Is everything ok?
3) 4:02PM I still want to go!
4) 4:45PM I'm sorry if I offended you in any way, I probably shouldn't have said that. I just want for us to be together, love.
5) 9:45PM I watched that movie you recommended and you were right, I loved it!

Notice how she reveals her thought pattern simply by virtue of the fact I didn't reply? If you reply minute by minute, you never know where she would have gone with it.

It takes time to get her to care enough to multi-text, but when she does, let her.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

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.

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Write a book lady! Stop blowing up my phone!!!
 

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Leaving space is one of the most important texting tips I got.
Don't ever show her more affection than she shows to you -- that's the second one.
 

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Leaving space is one of the most important texting tips I got.
Don't ever show her more affection than she shows to you -- that's the second one.
That also applies in person as well.

Some additional texting suggestions:

Not concrete, but some other general guidelines are to never write messages longer than her last one and for every 2 messages she sends send 1 back. Never send two in a row no matter how much time in between.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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I always do it, not intentionally though, i just don't have enough time to reply.

I've noticed that all chicks would complain about the fact that i don't reply quick enough but it makes the texting much better because she knows she needs to put more effort to me to answer back.

It would be like:
- Today i've to bla bla bla (tells me about stuff i don't really care about)
- Hey whats up? (30 min hours later)
- I'm horney ( one hour later)
 

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Have you ever noticed that sometimes it's best to not reply to your girl's texts to see where she will go with the conversation?
Yeah I've done that. I won't shut my phone off, but I'll come up with some excuse for not replying in case she asks. I'll tell her I went out with a friend, or I was really tired, etc. It gets their imagination and mind focused on YOU, and that's exactly where you want to be with a woman.
 

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I always do it, not intentionally though, i just don't have enough time to reply.

I've noticed that all chicks would complain about the fact that i don't reply quick enough but it makes the texting much better because she knows she needs to put more effort to me to answer back.

It would be like:
- Today i've to bla bla bla (tells me about stuff i don't really care about)
- Hey whats up? (30 min hours later)
- I'm horney ( one hour later)
The general flow of texts... women are strange like that... show or tell you some random thing, no response.. text something that requires a response... no response.... text something sexual.... possible response
 

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
 

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lol, anxiety makes the heart grow fonder ;)
(Or leads to bpd tendencies revealing themselves)
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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Mirror her interest:

She takes two hours to respond......you take at least two hours to respond.

She replies with a short answer.....give her a short answer.

Don't mirror her smilies though, for the love of God....

Innuendos and make assumptions about her instead of always agreeing and trying to build comfort...

They need tension. Anticipation is deliciously good.
 

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Easier solution: don't text at all.

The only texts I send are addresses or replies to logistical information.

Break her of that texting habit. This wall of words may sound cute, but it's annoying as hell in an LTR.
 

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Train these women immediately. They can talk to their orbiters. The only talking we're doing is in person where the magic happens. Talking on the phone doesn't help you bang her, so why are you doing it?
 

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I feel as if this is a lot more effective with a girl that you're exclusive with. A random girl that you meet may not be as responsive. Especially if she isn't showing off the bat high interest.
 

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I feel as if this is a lot more effective with a girl that you're exclusive with. A random girl that you meet may not be as responsive. Especially if she isn't showing off the bat high interest.
Exclusivity is irrelevant. It all depends on her interest level. Occasionally, you meet a chick who would suck you dry on the first or second date. On the other hand, many saps in LTR are just placeholders while she waits for the real man to come around. Space works an any woman that has enough interest for you to have a shot.
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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