"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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Have You Ever Come Across Females in Public that Do This?

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- Girl is standing on the sidewalk waiting for a cab, but her head is down typing away on her phone. You say something to her or ask her a question but she never looks up. Her eyes are literally glued to her phone.

- Girl at the bar with her head facing down chatting away on her phone. You ask her a question and she gives you a pathetic one word response, while still looking at her phone and doesn't even acknowledge you eye to eye.

I'm trying to find out how common this is for everyone else.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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It’s the new 21st century addiction. Very common, but it robs people of personal interactions in severe cases…
It birthed of the term - Glued to her phone.
 
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We're all going to be like the people in Wall-E before long.
 

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why do you care?
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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- Girl is standing on the sidewalk waiting for a cab, but her head is down typing away on her phone. You say something to her or ask her a question but she never looks up. Her eyes are literally glued to her phone.

- Girl at the bar with her head facing down chatting away on her phone. You ask her a question and she gives you a pathetic one word response, while still looking at her phone and doesn't even acknowledge you eye to eye.

I'm trying to find out how common this is for everyone else.
I've actually never had this happen to me, or at least not initially

I usually get them to look up at least once at the beginning.

Could it be that you're boring? Only approaching girls who are obviously busy? Ignoring obvious disinterest? Etc.
 
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