"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.
How do you get a girlfriend
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"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.
Ihateinitiatingalot7
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and how do you stop being desperate? easier said than doneMM92 said:How to get a girlfriend is ironically to not look for one, kill the desperation.
good post. in afc world, the default relationship is when a girl basically goes out and grabs herself a boyfriend.pipe007 said:yep, your next gf will most likely be with a girl that chooses you,
I'd be willing to bet 9 out 10 "relationships" fit into this category.
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One basis point is to get comfortable in talking with women. Make smalltalk and chat with women you see, at work, in the checkout at a store, etc. I often make banter with women at work, or even the security guards in shops. One reason is just to be friendly, the other is that it's practice. It lends to experience in talking with women and people in general.
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1) You keep doing what you were doing that got you the first few dates.
2) You NEVER inquire about the status of your relationship with her. It is whatever it is.
3) When you have sex for the first time with her you do NOT assume it means she is now your girlfriend.
4) She will either inquire about being your girlfriend or her actions will show that she clearly has high interest in you, in which case you do not need to ask any questions about your relationship - just go with the flow.
This stuff is not as easy as it sounds when your goal is for a particular girl to be your girlfriend, which is why people will say spin plates so you don't let your emotions take over.
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
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it kind of fits into place. once there is mutual attraction and warmth, simply tell her "it seems we're exclusive now, don't you think?" It needs to be subtle, not overt.
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well not literally, since a girl will not approach a guyst_99 said:good post. in afc world, the default relationship is when a girl basically goes out and grabs herself a boyfriend.
I'd be willing to bet 9 out 10 "relationships" fit into this category.