"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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Should you always go direct

Gammergq

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When you get sign that she likes you should you go direct?
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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AmazingTricks

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Gammergq said:
when you get I.O.I sign that she likes you?
No. Then you're just re-affirming the fact that she can have you because she has shown interest in you (especially if she purposely does an I.O.I.). Silly question, gammeroonie.
 

Francisco d'Anconia

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Gammergq said:
When you get sign that she likes you should you go direct?
It depends, what do you do when you "go direct?"
 

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Seems like the challenge is between pretending to be indifferent, and really being more or less indifferent.
 

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reset said:
Seems like the challenge is between pretending to be indifferent, and really being more or less indifferent.
Indifference comes with success. Until you've had a fair amount, you can only pretend to be indifferent.
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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Yeah I think it's a combination of success/experience, and also genuine sense of self value. That's what fear of rejection is, choosing to give someone more value than yourself in your own mind.
 

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If I get a reliable sign, I'll go direct. I like to let a girl know I'm attracted to her, but not enough to chase her down. I'll talk with her when I go out, but I won't go out of my way to go back with her. Once she makes an effort, I'll put another step forward.
 
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