SeymourCake
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WTF is going on? This straight dude (maybe bi/gay?) complimented me. Why don't women do that to me?
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.
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.
Just take it as a compliment. I've been complimented by straight guys, which is fine. I don't even mind a compliment from a gay guy as long he's not propositioning me.SeymourCake said:WTF is going on? This straight dude (maybe bi/gay?) complimented me. Why don't women do that to me?
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.
Mike32ct said:Just take it as a compliment. I've been complimented by straight guys, which is fine. I don't even mind a compliment from a gay guy as long he's not propositioning me.
I've had gay guys proposition me rather directly and aggressively. That I found offensive.
Back to your question about why women don't do that. IME, women only compliment the really hot guys. You are probably a handsome dude, but not drop dead hot. I'm the same way. I'm easy on the eyes, but no model. As a result, I don't remember the last time a female complimented my looks. I don't expect it anymore.
Even the word "cute" has different meanings. When we call a female cute, we mean pretty, but not hot, maybe 7ish. When a girl refers to a guy as "cute", she does NOT mean handsome 7ish. She means "hot" or 8+. Women's standards for looks are higher.
SeymourCake said:WTF is going on? This straight dude (maybe bi/gay?) complimented me. Why don't women do that to me?
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.