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.
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.
That's what you want, to introduce her to people. See someone you know who you want to introduce her to and point him/her out to the girl. Then walk over there with her and be like "hey I want to introduce you to so-and-so" (say this to the girl who's name you don't know). Naturally she'll automatically say her name and shake hands or whatever and you can pick it up from there.Originally posted by xiola
and now we are going out to party tom. any ideas on how I can find out what her name is without looking bad? very good chance Ill have to introduce her to some people
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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.
I didn't realize you wanted to make a game out of this :crackup:Originally posted by xiola
ya, ive done **** like that before. "hey, this is a friend of mine...meet chris"
then the girl will jump in to introduce herself.
i was wanting to do something different though, lol