"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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.

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Text Q: aloof or escalate after soft-NC?

TheCWord

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I wrote in another thread recently that a former oneitis of mine has been blowing up my phone. This trend has continued. The long and short of it is that I disconnected around Xmas time after I acted a little beta and she was acting a little flaky. I went ghost and became a different person physically (gym) and mentally (thanks, SoSuave).

So now we're here. I never initiate texts and, when I do, I keep things pretty brief. I try to use texts only to make plans and her and I live in different States at the moment so that's a no-go for another month. I'm pretty busy these days so I'll often take a while to respond. Now she'll double-text if I take too long. I'm pretty neutral in my texts so she has no idea what I think of her at the moment. I have to admit, it's pretty fun to see the dynamic turned on its head.

My question is if I should just stay the course or throw a bit of sexuality in these texts? Clearly she's enjoying having to chase me and part of me is thinking if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I think part of the fun for her is constantly guessing if I still like her or not, and if I start escalating via text that may give her an answer and then the game's not fun anymore.

FYI, a relationship isn't the end game here. I wouldn't rule it out down the line if things were working out, but for now I kinda just like the idea of banging a girl who was once famously hot and cold with me.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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JoeMarron

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Why not escalate? You have nothing to lose since it seems you dont really care about her. I told you in another thread how effective sexting can be so now's your chance to test it out. You can escalate and still keep it in her mind that she's chasing as long as you continue to let her initiate and do the most texting. If by chance she starts pulling back again crush her with perpetual nc.
 

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JoeMarron said:
Why not escalate? You have nothing to lose since it seems you dont really care about her. I told you in another thread how effective sexting can be so now's your chance to test it out. You can escalate and still keep it in her mind that she's chasing as long as you continue to let her initiate and do the most texting. If by chance she starts pulling back again crush her with perpetual nc.
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to JoeMarron again. :)
 
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