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.
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.
Who cares?My fiance died during a home invasion where he disarmed the first gunman who shot two people when he came through the door. Fortunately, they weren't life threatening wounds. A second man came in the door and shot my fiance in the back 3 times, grabbed his accomplice and ran. My fiance SAVED THE LIVES of the 5 or 6 guys that were present when the gunmen came inside...and he gave his live to save them. My fiance is a HERO...I expect his memory to be honored, not trashed.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
May I ask what you need to do to be sentenced to 7 years in prison?I was married for 10 years, have 4 children, am divorced, was engaged to a man who did time but didn't marry him because he died. *ex-convict who did 7 freaking years and got shot after he was released*
I have chosen to be celibate since January 1st 2001. I did have a male best friend who lived in Seattle whom I loved very deeply. Sadly, he also died last month at only 32 years old.
Good values.I don't have sex outside of an exclusive relationship.
From http://dict.die.net/:Latinoman said:Good values.
... but you had your FOURTH child (while you were in your 30s) outside of wedlock...
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You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
Wyldfire said:I don't care what anyone says...I did NOT invite the personal attacks. I spent ten years allowing someone to treat me like sh*t and I promised myself when I left that I would NEVER allow anyone to treat me badly in any way and just sit back and take it. That's why I slap back harder than the person who started it. That's never going to change...
Geez! TEN years with an abusive jerk before having the guts to do something about it... We're really kicking a dead horse here but, I think by now you understand why you are not qualified to tell people what they should or should not do with their lives.I spent ten years allowing someone to treat me like sh*t
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
Um you're acting like she deserves some explanation. She's done wrong. He walks. When she asks why he says "because i want to."Wyldfire said:Regardless of whether or not she is physically cheating on you...she may as well be. She clearly is cheating on you emotionally with this guy.
If I were in your position I would just casually tell her that you have decided to start seeing other women because her friendship with this other guy is leaving you feeling unfulfilled in your relationship. Don't act jealous or demand she stop seeing him. Just tell her you are going to start seeing other women because she isn't fulfilling your needs anymore. If she wants your relationship to work she'll get rid of the male friend. If she refuses to get rid of the friend then move on.
Best advice anyone can give. Believe me I learned the hard way. I knew what my gut was telling me but my brain and my heart were telling me different.joekerr31 said:go with your gut and your intuition. sounds to me like you know how this situation is going to end. do a pre-emptive strike and move on.
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.