"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.
Hi. . . I'm new here!
- Thread starter Sugarfoot
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"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.
Interceptor
Master Don Juan
Good luck!
:rock:
Dongfu
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You gotta be kidding:crackup:Sugarfoot said:
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
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.
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"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.
You. *Chatting away* Are your eyelashes real?
Her. *Wants to slap you* Yes!!
You. *Can see she wants to slap you* Really? They look fake, close your eyes for a sec...
Her. *closes eyes*
You. Kiss
Her. *slaps you round the face* Dont ever do that again, you are just my freind!!
You. *Rubs cheek better* Atleast I kissed you... B!TCH!
Field tested 100's of times.
benjiprice
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I loved it when Mystery was on Conan and Conan made fun of the googles, and of everything Mystery was putting forth in general. He made it all look either obvious or silly.sexybeast said:
I guess Mystery handled it pretty well, which on those shows basically means, don't get angry and don't try to outwit the host. I've seen stars get smoked when trying to pwn ppl like Conan, J.Steward, Colbert or Leno. You gotta know your limits and play it as cool as you can.
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Sugarfoot said:
Sorry broham, the in thing now is blue nail polish!!!1!11111eleven!
Dongfu
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Sugarfoot said:Look at my "join date." Try to keep up, k?
I did notice it. That's why I said you gotta be kidding, as in obviously you are joking
all up to speed now:yes:
"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.
