"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.

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I am such an AFC

bonjove

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I've been sitting here at this public computer for 3 weeks straight for 4 hours in a row, and a girl just came up and struck noticed my psychology book sitting next to me. She started talking about how she liked the class when she took it and then asked me what I have been doing ... Well, I have been programming this videogame in the school's computer lab for 6 hours a day with minimul human contact before this time and was finding it hard to have a conversation with her, so she just talked; she asked about my program and commented that I must be smart and then said it was really interesting, and that she really wants to see it when I'm done [this is a boring monotonous thing and any idiot knows that. She then started to talk about making her own personal webpage and other computer related stuff, and then said that she will see me around and left to type a paper ...

She's still sitting in here as I type ...
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

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.

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ScrewIt

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possibly she's also the computer savvy type and admires the size of your forehead. nuff said, now go over and # close.
 

scott44

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BULLSHYT YOU'RE NOT AN AFC! BE A MAN AND GET THE GOD DAMN NUMBER NOW!
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

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.

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Wiesman44

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c'mon bro. You been to this site for a year now ! You should know better to go after her !
 

FreeStyleZ

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omg man, why not just ask for her # and suggest you guys get together some time to get a bite to eat and you might show her your completed program or some ****.
 
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