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.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
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.
Calling one liner police. Yeah. It's another one.Originally posted by LikRetsam
Calling grammar police. Yeah. It's another one.
How ironicOriginally posted by MetalFortress
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Why do you children talk like this?? Is this what my tax dollars is doing?? Teaching you how to speek engrish rong?? Snap yo!!Originally posted by dawg89
if u messed up da introduction to a girl and like say ur ran outta things ta say would it still b possible ta talk to her or get her interest
Are you seriously paying taxes already?Is this what my tax dollars is doing??
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.
Cover your face everytime you see her again.Originally posted by dawg89
if u messed up da introduction to a girl and like say ur ran outta things ta say would it still b possible ta talk to her or get her interest
You mean to say:thanx idiot boyfrend u da only 1 that helped me and im sick of u other fukinn assh0les only replyin about me grammmar dis is da way i talk next time intead of beiing a dik offer some useful advice
Ok d00d. You cant even type a semi understandable sentence. Dont be such a hardc0r3 ganst3r online yo. This is useful advice. STOP BEING A RETARD AND LEARN HOW TO SPELL!!! Jackass.Originally posted by dawg89
thanx idiot boyfrend u da only 1 that helped me and im sick of u other fukinn assh0les only replyin about me grammmar dis is da way i talk next time intead of beiing a dik offer some useful advice
llo, exactly!Originally posted by aBAzLLnA
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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.