So I have been seeing this girl for two months, and until recently things were great. She laughed at all my jokes, extremely responsive to my teasing, was the one to call me all the time (we are in a long distance relationship), would always randomly text me etc. However, in a moment of weakness I screwed up and went through her phone and asked a friend of hers if I should be worried about anything. Of course, her friend told her I asked and ever since then her IL has dropped off. She isn't as humorous, or as receptive to my humor, doesn't call as much etc. etc. Since then I have been fighting to get it back up by becoming more of a challenge but I have been met with some difficulty. She is coming up this weekend and what I am wondering is if anyone could give me some advice on how to raise it back up, this girl is worth the work.
"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.
Salvage her IL
- Thread starter scipius
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"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"
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.
Iceberg
Master Don Juan
Why did you go through someone else's phone? And on top of that, why would you then make her friend aware of this?
You seem to be a bit of a wiener.
You seem to be a bit of a wiener.
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move along...
The fact that you are ranking her interest level with a number system, searching through her phone, and asking her friends about whether or not you should be worried about something tells me that you are too emotionally invested in this girl.
I don't see the relationship lasting too much longer. Either get your **** together and distance yourself (probably not going to happen, you're too far-gone), or just drop her.
I don't see the relationship lasting too much longer. Either get your **** together and distance yourself (probably not going to happen, you're too far-gone), or just drop her.
"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.
Iceberg
Master Don Juan
I don't think it comes down to girlish game-playing like that.scipius said:
It's just a matter of not being available to her all the time. Maybe building a life of your own. Maybe a life where you're so busy with learning and adventures that you won't have time for paranoid s**t like sneaking thru your girl's phone.
Just have fun with her. Do not bring up any of the issues that you discussed in your post (looking through her phone etc.). Just drop it entirely. If she brings it up, discuss it as briefly as possible. You want to be dwelling on positive and fun things that you guys will be doing, not negative mistakes you have made.scipius said:
You need to improve other parts of your life so that this girl's importance to you falls to the wayside. This is the only way the relationship will be saved. Right now she is central to your existence.
"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.
hey man, you can easily salvage this, you just need to project the opposite qualities to which you have already done.
for example, you went through her phone, which probably makes her think that you are a little desperate, needy, and maybe even creepy...
So, do not cancel the weekend with her, just use the weekend to prove to her that you are none of these things.
If you plan something fun with her, my best advice would be -do not act clingy for a single micro second- while you are with her, let yourself be distracted occasionally and wander away from her, i know it seems like a very trivial thing it will have a powerful effect on her.
goodluck and ignore the 'give up' advice.
for example, you went through her phone, which probably makes her think that you are a little desperate, needy, and maybe even creepy...
So, do not cancel the weekend with her, just use the weekend to prove to her that you are none of these things.
If you plan something fun with her, my best advice would be -do not act clingy for a single micro second- while you are with her, let yourself be distracted occasionally and wander away from her, i know it seems like a very trivial thing it will have a powerful effect on her.
goodluck and ignore the 'give up' advice.