"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Is she still attracted but has to deattach?

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A former FWB of mine is now engaged, but we still keep in touch through text, snapchat, instagram every so often.

I've been more than respectful with keeping my distance and respecting her fiancee.

She was in a play earlier today, and I attended because I support her arts (as she supports my line of work, as a photographer) -- after the show, I walked up, said hello, a brief hug, and congratulated her on the show. The conversation was short lived, and at one point she said "Well, probably should start cleaning up" but says "Good to see you thanks for coming" and touches me on the arm before she leaves.

I've had a suspicion that she developed something for me during our short time together and that I'm a bit of a temptation for her, that perhaps it's harder to be around each other because it stirs up what we had (which was 1.5 years ago)
 

"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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If you're going to break up a engaged girl you better be ready to marry her yourself.

Otherwise what kind of person destroys something beautiful and doesn't build it back up.

Add to this world more than you take.
 

"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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