"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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problem with keeping a straight face

ligyron

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seriously. i can not keep a straight face, ever. i was always like this, and i think it's the main reason i lose respect a lot. i think this is the major thing holding me back

if something slightly funny comes into my mind, or i try to say something serious, or i get any kind of look, i start to smile like an idiot. most people are straight faced all the time, and when something genuinely funny happens, they will laugh or smile, but i uncontrollably smile/laugh at everything, which makes it impossible to be a man.

ive always had this problem, any help to overcome it?
 

"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.

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SaucyBoy

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Is this really a problem? Sounds like you are bubbly.

Hey a MAN is bubbly when HE FREAKING FEELS LIKE IT.

Go out and have fun. You'll wonder what happened to it when you are 50. Don't loose it, have fun with it.
 

Grand Wizzard Alamar

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smiling is way better than keeping serious.. your problem could be a talent.
 

Obsidian

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yeah i'm the same way, and i hate those f*cking stone-faced people. People seriously need to relax sometimes.
 

"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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ligyron said:
problem with keeping a straight face
I have the solution!! Just carry around a carpenter's "level" to measure your horizontal, and you'll be ok!
 
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