The plates get cleared and the silence lands like a brick. You can feel her waiting. Your brain offers up your commute, your job, the weather — topics that have ended more second dates than bad breath.
Here's what most guys never learn: women hand out free conversational material all night long. Tiny clues about what they actually want to discuss. Catch them and you never run out of things to say — because she's telling you what to say next.
Rule 4 of the "22 Rules" trains your ear to catch every single one.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Originally posted by am4591
What the hell--? Just point out the obvious, that you can't get together on weekdays because of work and school so it'll have to be weekends.
Originally posted by am4591
You need to put her on the backburner or at least drop her down a few notches. If she can't put you first, then don't put her first. Because her interest in you isn't that high.
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
Now actually say what was just written out loud, with the correct connation and everything... This woman writes an article every week in a statewide paper and goes to school for journalism, I know she knows how to use punctuation correctly. This sounds like someone who is nevous." Sorry to make you feel like you are 2nd but my BF "might" not be able to come home this weekend. If you don't have any plans and I don't have any plans... We should do something. Ok? You understand right? I mean the whole relationship thing comes first when you only see each other on weekends...right?
I don't mind if you don't agree with me about the above
(yes she did leave the smily face)
Talk to you soon !"
Originally posted by am4591
It's possible you can raise her interest in you--by all means, it's worth a try. But do it while keeping in mind that it could be that she's just temporarily looking for some extra attention that maybe her bf isn't giving her now. I'm just saying keep your other options open.
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.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
I will try to answer your questions.Originally posted by Jay Fiedler
BB,
First, i sense that she is using you to replace the lack of affection and romanticism she isnt getting from her current bf.
I hesitate to say she is 100% romanticly interested in you, but ya never know. Girls have a tendancy to look for guy "friends" that treat them really well when they feel they are lacking that from their boyfriends...but it doesnt mean they are looking to totally replace their bf's.
If I were you I would talk to her occasionaly, but make it clear that until things are over with the bf, nothing can happen. I mean think about it, in all reality she is cheating on her bf to be with you. Is that really someone you want to have a ltr with? Because it sounds like even though you downplay how much you care for her or how her sometimes not calling doesnt bother you, I think most of us here can tell that deep down you are crazy for this girl. You will only hurt yourself if you get involved in this triangle while things are not clear as far as her personal life.
Just out of curiousity, you metnioned you were black. Is she white? And if so did that play any role in her not dating you 2 years ago?