Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
Just leave it alone, forget about her. Baltic Republic?Originally posted by insomniac
What's a good response?
Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.
I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.
Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules. Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.
Just leave it alone, forget about her. Baltic Republic?Originally posted by insomniac
What's a good response?
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.
Lithuania...Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
Just leave it alone, forget about her. Baltic Republic?
Obviously there is something fishy since she stopped responding and then suddenly told you abou tthe accident.Originally posted by insomniac
a week after I last wrote to her, she responds saying she was in a car accident. Her whole e-mail was describing the accident, and she even attached pictures of her totaled car (looked authentic and pretty bad).
Don't really know how to respond. I figured after three days when she didin't respond that she had flaked, and so I stopped caring.
What's a good response?
All of this for a chick in the Baltics... Does this not seem like a waste of time to anyone other than me?Originally posted by insomniac
Lithuania...
Even in the "forget about her" situations I like to try something for purely the learning experience. Believe me, I've sabotaged a lot of opportunities for the sake of knowledge.
OK, I know some women are "nice enough" that they'll go out of their way to give you an excuse that will relieve all guilt from their conscience. But let's just for the hell of it say that this isn't one of those, even though it probably is. If it were, then any response is equally pointless. The way I see it...no response equals nothing. Any response equals nothing or 1 out of a 100 something. Why not spend 1 minute composing a short response?
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.
I am not sure what you are trying to say...look:Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
All of this for a chick in the Baltics... Does this not seem like a waste of time to anyone other than me?
I got that she is _here_, working on her degree and she is not somewhere in the Baltics.Originally posted by insomniac
She's from a Baltic republic, mid twenities, working on a graduate degree here the last few years, and seemed to be on the "nice girl" side of the specturm.
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.
No, no. She's been living here less than two miles away the past five years. I agree it'd be a waste of time if otherwise.Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
All of this for a chick in the Baltics... Does this not seem like a waste of time to anyone other than me?
Got'cha. Onward and upward.Originally posted by insomniac
No, no. She's been living here less than two miles away the past five years. I agree it'd be a waste of time if otherwise.
I sent a pithy two sentence reply. Took less than five minutes. That's the end of my effort and thoughts about it.
Originally posted by insomniac
Ok, another match question.
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.
Look who's back...Lithuanian girl...Originally posted by insomniac
No, no. She's been living here less than two miles away the past five years. I agree it'd be a waste of time if otherwise.
I sent a pithy two sentence reply. Took less than five minutes. That's the end of my effort and thoughts about it.
No one gave any responses as how to reply.Originally posted by insomniac
Look who's back...Lithuanian girl...
"How have things been with you? Did you go on your trip to Europe? I just thought I would drop you a line to see if you wanted to talk more.
Well, I am school-free now, however, I feel that I might be going back to school at some point in my life again. I had my brother from back home visiting me here couple weeks ago and we had a great trip to Bryce and Grand Canyons. It felt great there! I am back to wanting to enjoy life and meeting people"
We talked online two months ago but never met, and I'm suspecting she started seeing someone at the time and that's why she didn't respond. It seems that didn't work out, and I'm the backup.
I'm treating this as an experiment, as she's at the bottom of my list and I could care less. What would be the best response?
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.