"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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She offers to pay?

AriMamba

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What do you do in a situation where a woman offers to pay for your meal or drinks, when is not the first time you have been out with this person?
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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Serenity

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Some guys really need to let go of chivalry, women don't like it and those who do are probably just using men as free meals.

I let her pay. Most people like a sense of fairness and gets a bad conscience if they're given more than they give back.
 

ubercat

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Totally agree and even if it is a first date if she wants to let her pay. Generally it's a sign she doesn't want to be obligated to you and your not getting any so no profit in paying for a chick who isn't going to put out.
 

marmel75

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In my experience a woman who offers to pay initially on a first date isnt interested in you..its almost like its a way of her saying if "I pay for everything he wont think I 'owe him something'"

I'm talking specifically immediately upon meeting up on the date, not once you buy the first drink and she offers to buy the next round...that typically signifies interest...
 

"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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The Duke

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Its always to your benefit to allow people to invest in you. People that are invested have deeper interest, feel they are desired, are more committed, and there will be a greater chance of the relationship succeeding. Its natural for people to want to be a part of something and this is one way she can. Works the same in business.
 
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