"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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.

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Krak

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So this girl I've been talking to blows me off for a date, oh well. After she tells me she can't make it she texts me, "Just remember, you love me!" So I send this reply, "Oh really, is that how it is? I thought it was the other way around. Don't worry, you don't have to admit it, I love me too."

I was thinking this might have been too ****y of a response but then she replied to me "Lol...yah yah..." I took that as a good sign but not sure.

Now I don't think I have said or done anything that would give her this impression. I plan to back off for a while and see what she does. Do you guys think I handled it well? or do you think I'm LJBF and next her?
 

"She's Out of Your League"

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.

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Wiesman44

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I would have just ignored the text, waited 3-4 days, and call her back, while not even mentioning the fact that she blew me off 4 days prior.
 

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Krak said:
So this girl I've been talking to blows me off for a date, oh well. After she tells me she can't make it she texts me, "Just remember, you love me!" So I send this reply, "Oh really, is that how it is? I thought it was the other way around. Don't worry, you don't have to admit it, I love me too."

I was thinking this might have been too ****y of a response but then she replied to me "Lol...yah yah..." I took that as a good sign but not sure.

Now I don't think I have said or done anything that would give her this impression. I plan to back off for a while and see what she does. Do you guys think I handled it well? or do you think I'm LJBF and next her?
seems like a pretty sick response to me...after that i'd just sit back and see what she does.
 

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Need more info to be totally sure what's going on. For instance, it is ok for a girl to break a date if her Mother was just rushed to the hospital - but somehow I doubt that it what happened.

Women don't break dates with guys that they are into.

Your txt response was ok - but it probably doesn't matter. It might come across as angry or needy. I would have ignored, or said "ha,ha", or ...(would need to know more).

I would absolutely start looking for other women. If she called me I would probably say something like "I am a busy guy, my rule is that I don't make dates with women who blow me off - but I do feel bad that I didn't warn you of my rule before. I guess I could spare an hour and give you one last chance and let you meet me for a cup of coffee or a drink." (I have used this and it works) ...but that it just me.

You should probably just next her.
 

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Neg hit...the power lies within the neg hit on a HB..trust me ;)
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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