"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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I don't even know where to begin.

This girl has done everything imaginable to me in the past. Somehow we always end up together again for a short bit, then I get the LJBF line. This last time I got it a few days after we had sex. "I want things to continue like they were before, and just stay friends.". I told her I wasn't interested in staying friends (because she sounded reluctant, otherwise I would have just hung up the phone), and it seemed almost like we were in a haggling match since then. Recently she's begun acting weird, and started hanging out with my friends. Exchanging numbers, talking to them on that gay myspace site (some of them are in her top 8, and I've been removed), going out to bars with them, ect. Recently it's become increasingly obvious that she's interested in one of my friends. It makes sense. She's shallow, and he's a petty drug peddler. Last night he called me, just to ask me if I had seen some comment he left on myspace, and to tell me that he wasn't going out. Strange thing is, he rarely calls me out of the blue, usually he just texts me, and I didn't inquire into his plans for the night. It's like he thinks I know something is up, and he's checking to see if I'm still cool with him. I look at it as an admission of a guilty conscience.

Oh, and she's still trying to lead me on as well.

I don't want to be around any of this.

I mean, I don't have a lot of friends. Not enough time, but I am fully willing to severe ties with these people (as they all seem to be in on it, like I've become a joke... or maybe I'm just paranoid). Does that make me an ***hole? I don't even know what's really going on here. It's liike she's put her spell on everyone, and that spell wore off on me. I want her out of my life, but the only way to really do that is to ditch the majority of my friends (my closest friends cannot stand her, and find her incredibly vapid), and to stop going out. Period.

What other option do I have?
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Breakup by association, heh. I don't think that's necessary. From what I saw from your last thread, you and your ex aren't caustic around eachother. You can keep buying drugs from this guy.
 

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dude ive been in your situation almost exactly. im not going to get into details but heres what i did. we would sleep together fvck eat hang out etc. always we werent officially bf gf yet. she decided to act like or actually go after somoen else and still lead me on. we were to the point of people saying that we were gf bf. anyways she goes after this guy i knew. i didnt like it. she kept on saying we are just friends (me and her) to everyone but obviously we were more than that. i tried to get away from her atleast 2 to 3 times (cut off contact) but she would always call me. then one day she did something very retarted and I said you do what you want to do i cant tell you what to do but i cant promise you/im not going to stick around if you keep on doing so and so cause i dont like it. so you decide. dude if you want her just act selfish whatever is in your best interest. so she decided and we were a couple later on (big mistake). she did all that sh!t to make me jealous which worked. maybe shes doing the same for you i dont know but say that line i said it will work. i always say that sh!t to girls and it never fails. all this is helpful if you want this girl to yourself. shes trying to be a player probably has lse. but just tell her you aint going to stick around if she does whatever. let me know how things go
 

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aix237:

What do you mean it was a "big mistake"? On your part, or hers? I don't think I really want this girl anymore. The payoff with her is never worth the investment. I might give it a try and see what happens, but I'm more focused on finding someone more down to earth.

Phyzzle:

Don't be so presumptuous. I don't do drugs, and I don't appreciate the implication.
 

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Phyzzle:

Don't be so presumptuous. I don't do drugs, and I don't appreciate the implication.
Oh, no offense intended. I think you should start, actually. I've always been a fan of drugs.
 

"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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