You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
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.
You buy a bag of dates from the supermarket, have her try one with a blind-fold on and ask her what she thinks it is.Maxtro said:Ok then, how do you make certain that she knows it's a date?
I'm assuming that specifically saying it's a date is a bad thing.
That's my thinking. When we talked there was teasing and very flirty conversation. So tomorrow should be a date. My biggest concern was that the last time I saw her was 20 days ago. So there is a huge chance all her interest has faded away.Alle_Gory said:Rule of thumb is, if there's interest then it's a date.
Depends how you behaved around her so far. Is it friendly conversation? Or is there playful teasing, flirting, and even touch?
Can we get an English translation?f283000 said:Maxtro you like if you say you have read the dj bible because you haven't!
i find this an oppurtunity to rekindle the flame and perhaps make the fire burn even brighter.Maxtro said:. So there is a huge chance all her interest has faded away.
He implies you should by now have read the DJ bible... and that questions to your answers could easily be found in the Man's Book of Life.Maxtro said:Can we get an English translation?
@ corrector, clever![]()
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.
Well jeez, don't take anything I or anyone says as gospel so fast. I don't know you, this girl, or the situation, even if you wrote out a 100 page detailed description of all three.Ok then, how do you make certain that she knows it's a date?
I'm assuming that specifically saying it's a date is a bad thing.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
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.
Good idea about the drinks, she will be silly putty in your hands.Maxtro said:- I was friendzoned.
- she just doesn't like me.
- she just wants to be friends for now
- she'll probably never change her mind
- she doesn't want anything serious
- Maybe I'll get drinks with her next week.
I did lots of kino and I constantly teased her. When we were sitting on the rocks I brought up that I wanted to get to know her better and that's when she shot me down. If she responded differently, I would have kissed her then.ARrocket said:Did you try to make a move physically like you had planned?
Did the topic of you being interested in more than a platonic relationship come up?
Next time go out for drinks in the first place bro.
Not very comforting since I'm probably not going to die until 60 years from now. Living alone from now until then is too painful. Heck, I'd at least want be happy with the fact that I got a chick before I died. 28 years old and I still haven't accomplished that.Nygard said:After we all die, it's all over. All the times we managed to have sex with a hot chick or not will not matter. Let it go. Only after we lose it all, we're truly free. Life is too short to lose sleep over women, always attracted to people with the lowest morals.
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.