jakethasnake
Master Don Juan
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Well what can I say?
You're not giving anyone enough to work with here.
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.
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.
Ya, I'm thinking this opportunity is pretty much f*cked. If she doesn't keep up to her agreement, I'll have a much lower opinion of her because of the principle of it.Originally posted by smoke city
this girl who says she's going to make out with you is pulling yr chain. If she wanted to, she would work it out so that you're alone and both drunk. trust me. forget this one and work on the GAME.
Stop treating the woman like a piece of meat and you might get some.Originally posted by humiliator
If it does happen though, and I can turn it into sex, it will be damn proud of myself to pull that off after having been pretty close friends with her for quite some time.
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.