You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
"Dominate the sh*t out of a girl through text" - LoL, and WTF does that even mean?!? Are you texting stuff like "Yeah, b*tch, I'm the man, now come over here and take this date!" :crackup:PHAT Rabbit said:First off...texting to setup a date doesn't make a guy look like a chicken. That's horse shlt nonsense. You can dominate the shlt out of a girl through text. I just think you have no idea what you're talking about with text or you just never had success with it so you scrapped the whole idea.
I'm not advocating talking on the phone any more than I advocate texting. Real talk, unless I'm setting up a date with a chick, I don't do either one - that's right, people, I don't call girls up just to chat with them, or ask them how their date was, etc. For the most part, I stay off the phone - calling/texting them all the time makes me look too available.PHAT Rabbit said:Next, you can't fvck a phone number. What I'm saying is that...the whole point of getting contact information is to meetup later. Don't try to act like you're going to somehow magically make a girl love you for calling her on the phone a couple times - that's retarded.
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.
ah yeah that's right, be busy.. she's just testing me to see if i'm still available to her.. need her to up the ante, ie act like she's lost me.Greasy Pig said:Just say: "I'm doing stuff with a friend. Not sure when I'll be done."
Her: "A GIRL friend?" Or "Which friend?"
You: "Lol, who is this? The Gestapo?"
Be mysterious, don't cave in.
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.
do you think i messed it up by sending what i sent 'no i dont have a girlfriend'?ARrocket said:You really need to listen to this advice here - you're not going to get better this way.
My contribution: You're boring. You need to be fun.
HER: "it mean that your girl friend why you couldnt talk"
YOU: "no i don't have a girlfriend"
This is BORING. Try something like this:
"All 50 of them are here with me...But I'm getting rid of a few, because they suck at tennis"
Or ANYTHING. Remember: Take risks, don't care so much about the girl, and you WILL learn by doing. You will learn MUCH, MUCH more than you can learn from folks on this forum, no matter how many little green dots they have under their name.
i never took the calls though, is the fact that i responded with 'no i dont have a girlfriend.' enough to satisfy her massive ego?Atom Smasher said:What Harry said.
She was calling to reassure herself that you still like her, to feed her massive ego. Once that knowledge is gained, they can go back to treating you like crap again because their curiosity and need for attention are satisfied.
The ONLY way to discipline a woman is through removal of attention.
Aso, never, ever take what she says seriously. It's good to learn to "agree & amplify to show her you don't give a sh!t (and btw, you will also be showing yourself that you don't give a sh!t, cause you need to learn that).
Her: girlfriend comment
You: You know how it is, so many I've gotta beat 'em off with a stick...
You must always keep a women guessing. Don't think it's being cruel. They love it and it keeps them in their place, even if the verbally complain. What they say means zero.