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.
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.
Oh she was comfortable already because we had 2 dates. I asked if she wants to meet.It's not the question. You can ask it any way you want to. The answer you get to that question is going to depend on the groundwork leading up to it.
Last summer I hit a woman up through FB, texted back and forth a bit and threw in a few phone calls, and worked up asking her to spend the entire weekend before we went out on an actual date:
http://www.sosuave.net/forum/threads/wedding-as-a-first-date.241100/
Here's a thread showing screenshots of the text conversation I had with this same woman:
http://www.sosuave.net/forum/threads/screenshot-thread.242198/
We did meet and hang a few times 10 years ago, but haven't spoken a word since. She might as well been dead and I would have never known. It was essentially like meeting someone entirely new.
Set up is everything.
its after the meeting already. we kissed and cuddled for 4h but she didnt let me take her bra off. it was our 3th date.How much flirting has occurred up to this point? Have you talked about sex, flirted heavily about these things? If that's the case, she knows damn well why she is coming over.
If you have been much more passive and "respectable", she may be expecting much less than sex.
Like I said, it's all in the set up.
Not sure if you read the screenshot thread I linked, but I was already talking sexual positions and such before we met up. She knew exactly what she was getting into because of the nature of our discussions.
I don't know the nature of your discussions with this particular girl you're talking about. The more flirty and sexual they were, the more likely she knows what's expected on this home movie date.
Most women know what you're going after in these circumstances, though. Unless she's very young and naive....
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.
when we were cuddling I asked why shes teasing me and then not fuvking and she said shes stopping herself from giving me sexJust make the second date for your area. Guided tour. Possibility of sex just goes without saying.
Should be the crescendo of a good night out/not wanting the night to end. Hence, not having the situation escalate feels more wrong in the circumstance.
Unless she just wants to go home at 10pm on a Saturday.... in which case reconsider compatability.
Expect lmr. That's fine. Her heart's in the right place by being in that position with you. Consider you've pushed the boundaries and made ground.
It's like the battle of Normandy or somesuch.
If she doesn't budge, i used to do loads of gamey stuff. But it comes accross as desperate.
Even playing my guitar genuinely comes across as "trying to soften her up", because they are ultra-sensative at that point, it seems.
So, i put on the Playstation. I've found this good. I only have two games, both football. And i get them to play the game at the highest difficulty whilst i laugh. I find that is brilliant in that kind of situ![]()