"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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I love you!!!

"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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ConfidentDon

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... have you been drinking!? (In a very durnk slobery voice) I LOVEISH YOU TO MAN!!!
 

frivolousz21

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nah....just at work..I sit in front of a computer all day! and it can make u WACKO!
 

ConfidentDon

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Yeah I know what you mean about the computer thing. I work at an independent video store. When there is no one in the store and nothing to do it can become one hell of a looooooooooong day.
 

Plain & Simple

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yeah right yall believe fri? haha he just finish fukin his girl and going out with her on her B-day.

Why in the hell would he be so happy then? haha, she really put it on you on her special day huh?

Man...what did she do, i guess she swallowed j/k

Made you say I LOVE YOU!
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Climax

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Luv u too man!
 
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