"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

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.

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Is this too soon to call?

TheBaconator

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Got the number from some HB8 this sunday at a BBQ. Seemed interested, she remembered me from a party one nite when I was wasted so I couldn't say the same about her. Gave me the number and I want to try to set something up for thursday nite. Is that too soon? I know i'm overanalyzing, just wondering what you guys think.
 

"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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TheBaconator

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Effington said:
Nah, not too soon. Go for it.

Let us know how it goes.
No answer, didn't leave VM. I'll just call back another time.
 

Effington

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Always leave a message! I have a rule that I will only return phone calls if they leave a message. Otherwise, it obviously wasn't important enough. Now you have to call her a second time in a row. I try to keep the calling to a 1:1 ratio.
 

TheBaconator

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Effington said:
Always leave a message! I have a rule that I will only return phone calls if they leave a message. Otherwise, it obviously wasn't important enough. Now you have to call her a second time in a row. I try to keep the calling to a 1:1 ratio.
Good points, next time I will leave one. I'm just bad at phone game and hate leaving messages for anyone. Shold I call it back now and just leave one? If she asks why I didnt leave one the first time I could just play it off sayin I got another call. If not how many days u think I should wait?
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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