You got that right.gaspipe said:As expected from a POF chick. Let the games and drama begin...
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.
You got that right.gaspipe said:As expected from a POF chick. Let the games and drama begin...
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.
Plenty of flakesgaspipe said:As expected from a POF chick. Let the games and drama begin...
Hold up. First and foremost.MaddXMan said:She texted me over the weekend - "I miss your kiss, the way you would look at me."
I said shouldn't you go out on your other dates before making your decision?
Her: perhaps.
YOU called and asked her on a date???????MaddXMan said:Yesterday I called her and asked if she wanted to meet for a drink today after work. She said sure.
Today she emails and says I can meet you but have an afterwork meeting until 7.
I said that does not work for me. Another time, then.
Another poster had it right. She will leave you alone when you stop responding to her. Maybe you can start by not asking her out on dates when she has already discarded your intimacy for other dates???MaddXMan said:Her: ok, I understand.
She's playing hot/cold. I've decided I'm not going to be confused by her. I know the sting I feel is only the sting of rejection and not due to the fact I have lost something that can't be replaced or anything deep like that.
I hope she just leaves me alone now.
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.
5string said:She told you she loves you but "wants" to go out with the other guy?
A sh!t test if I ever heard one.
Bail brother. Put her out with the trash first thing in the morning.
Good luck.