SeymourCake
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"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.
New Art of Maniless regarding Red Flags in relationships
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"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.
1) She's a self proclaimed drama queen
2) She's a flake
3) She treats the waiter like crap
4) She has a bad relationship with her family
5) She expects to be treated like a princess
6) She says all her exes are jerks
7) She's not flexible
8) She guilts you for spending time with friends
9) You argue all the time
10) You can't stand her friends
11) She's violent
12) You don't share core values or life goals
13) She's stingy with appreciation
14) She never apologizes
2) She's a flake
3) She treats the waiter like crap
4) She has a bad relationship with her family
5) She expects to be treated like a princess
6) She says all her exes are jerks
7) She's not flexible
8) She guilts you for spending time with friends
9) You argue all the time
10) You can't stand her friends
11) She's violent
12) You don't share core values or life goals
13) She's stingy with appreciation
14) She never apologizes
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YawataNoKami
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Single mom with multiples womb turds.
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
old_skoolr
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This is brilliant, why is this not being pushed to newer members of this forum??
To add another:
The amount of time shes been besties with her best friend. I know alot of BPD who change best friends after 1-2 years, coz they end up fighting with their previous friends.
To add another:
The amount of time shes been besties with her best friend. I know alot of BPD who change best friends after 1-2 years, coz they end up fighting with their previous friends.
logicallefty
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^^this... +1
As has been said repeatedly on this site. They all have issues, it's just a matter of finding one you can tolerate. If you want on with that doesn't have at least some of what's listed, get a s3x robot...
SeymourCake
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You bring up a good point. If she's unable to maintain a friendship between her friends, then what makes you think she's able to maintain a relationship with you?
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
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.
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It's in the DJ Bible