She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
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.
first 4 all in one week? damn slow down pimpsigma335 said:4 in the past week, texting possible #5 as I type this...
not sure what your asking exactly. 3 of them were the first fuk, the other is a girl i've been seeing for almost 2 months. of the 3 that were first fuks one of them lives across the country but i'll end up hitting it again when she visits her family here or if i go visit her(her ass omg), the other i don't want to see again as she is below my standards but i knew it was a for sure thing on a 1st date, the other is the one i was fuking last night and this morning who i like and see an actual relationship developing out of funny thing is it was our second date, first was about a month ago i had written her off but she ended up contacting me a few days ago.cof33 said:first 4 all in one week? damn slow down pimp