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.
Giving a compliment is fine, but you should know the right time to apply it and that's for sure not too soon. Giving a compliment to a woman you just met and know literally nothing about screams of desperation. You have to start off casual at first.
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.
Just be weary of any ticking noises..
You can suggest some books or anything that teaches how to approach and when to compliment
LOL I swear I was reading “Neil”. Probably because I saw a video clip of him a couple days ago.
You must be a pretty good golfer. I googled Cooper and it says he’s excellent. I started golfing again about two years ago (played some as a young teenager). I would play every day if my back would let me
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.
Actually, I almost completely lost my ability to drive the ball off the tee when my spine was fractured 10 years ago. In order to keep from slowing everyone up I take a drop where the shortest drive of my partners lies. Everyone who I play with is very gracious. I can sort of make up for it as unlike most people my short game is better than off the tee. I just play for the experience, not for the score.
Pook overdosed on the red-pill.
Thank you, I think...
I mean, if I ever see you in person, I'm gonna hit you in the knee immediately, old manThank you, I think...
Just kidding. I got all your beersThank you, I think...
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.
I don't know why anyone would object to that, since not only is it fair to the extreme, it also saves them the time of waiting for another person to tee off.
Sounds like a neg to meThank you, I think...
Pook might be pooking women there with his 68 years old stick.