"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 hate our song. Do I tell her?

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My girlfriend is very hopeless romantic, that she even picked out a song for us. She chose a foreign song that she really liked on Spotify and claimed it to be “our song.” If I’m not mistaken it was La Vie En Rose or something like that. French lyrics and all. I admit the acoustic sounds nice. The strumming of the guitar, the voice of the singer, it sounds good. But it’s just too slow for me. Kind of too cheesy for my liking. Do I tell her that I don’t like “our song?” How do I even break it to her without hurting her feelings?
 

"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.

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Augustus_McCrae

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My girlfriend is very hopeless romantic, that she even picked out a song for us. She chose a foreign song that she really liked on Spotify and claimed it to be “our song.” If I’m not mistaken it was La Vie En Rose or something like that. French lyrics and all. I admit the acoustic sounds nice. The strumming of the guitar, the voice of the singer, it sounds good. But it’s just too slow for me. Kind of too cheesy for my liking. Do I tell her that I don’t like “our song?” How do I even break it to her without hurting her feelings?
Your girlfriend has good taste in music. Awesome song.

-Augustus-
 
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My girlfriend is very hopeless romantic, that she even picked out a song for us. She chose a foreign song that she really liked on Spotify and claimed it to be “our song.” If I’m not mistaken it was La Vie En Rose or something like that. French lyrics and all. I admit the acoustic sounds nice. The strumming of the guitar, the voice of the singer, it sounds good. But it’s just too slow for me. Kind of too cheesy for my liking. Do I tell her that I don’t like “our song?” How do I even break it to her without hurting her feelings?
LMAO This is a first world problem. Use it to your advantage. When she’s being weird just play the song for her.
 

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Give her a better suggestion. Tell her, "Well, I always thought of this as our song" and play her some fvcking Ministry or something. But if she likes French music, this one might be a good suggestion :D

 

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Is this a serious question? Does she make you listen to it every time yall are together? You can't just roll your eyes and move on? Is it really that big of a deal for you?
 

"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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Atom Smasher

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This troll has 5 other accounts on SoSuave that he started this week, each with similar names and one post only.

Banned.
 
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