"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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"no contact" question....

allen2000

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dated a girl for 6 mos that was still talking off and on with her ex...

finally called B.S. on that and broke up with her on Thursday of last week.

she tried calling me 3 days later. didn't answer. then she texts me and says that she's sorry she reacted to the break up the way she did (but she really didn't react at all), and that she hopes we can be "adult" about it and stay in touch.

I've sat looking at that text off and on this afternoon and was thinking about if I should respond or not.

I would like to remain "friendly", hey possibly I can hook up with her later (like a year from now?) but as far as dating her now and having any need for her attention, I am over it. We have no real mutual friends and I doubt I would ever see her again in my day to day life.

should I respond or not? if I broke up with her and she texts me back, what does that really mean? she's still interested?
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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MikeOck

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Do not respond. You left her for a reason.

allen2000 said:
...hopes we can be "adult" about it...
An adult leaves the past where it belongs, in the past. Some women love to pull the mature line on us, while they continue to behave like spoiled children.
 

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Dude, she wants you in the friendzone.

I don't go back to any of my exes. Neither should you. But you should spin plates.

Case closed.
 

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allen2000 said:
I've sat looking at that text off and on this afternoon and was thinking about if I should respond or not.
Your gut is already telling you what to do. No contact means no contact.
 

"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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