Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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Was this a shyt test?

Austin Allegro

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Went on a date with HB7 the other day - it seemed to go well - C&F, kino, walking arm in arm etc, plus got a text from her next day saying she enjoyed herself.

So two days later I call, chat for a bit and suggest meeting up this weekend.

She says 'I don't think I can make it, I'm moving house'. Now I knew about this cause she'd told me before, but she starts umming and ahhing and saying she might or might not be free.

So I said 'well forget this weekend, you obviously don't have time. I'll call you next week and arrange something - bye'.

Then she says 'well ok but I'm kind of busy for the next month or so'.

Now I may be dumb - but that was a brush off, not a shyt test, right? I mean how could I respond to that - say something like 'well I'm sure you can fit me in so let's meet up next week'.

Bottom line is, how exactly do you distinguish between a brush off - from which you should leave with your dignity intact - and a shyt test - to which you should put your foot down and act like a man?
 

"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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Lol, I'm in the same situation...

Had date that I thought went well, then called to arrange dinner the following weekend and got the "busy" treatment.

On the otherhand, yours did say something about the whole MONTH (while mine only was "busy" for the weekend)

Maybe it is some kind of test, but I'm not sure what's the best reaction. Certainly you shouldn't get needy and desperate. Be cool, and try once more. I'll try to hint that if she's still busy, that would be the last time I'm asking her out, so if she is interested she should stop playing these silly games...

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Thanks Panther.

She didn't exactly say she was booked up for the whole month, just that it might be difficult to arrange a meeting, which to me suggests I am being put on the back burner rather than blown out completely.

Anyway, I'm leaving it a week, calling and hinting it's her last chance, so we'll see what happens.
 
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"I'll be busy for the next month"

hahahahahaha - who in the hell is she, the commander of the armed forces?

This was a blatant, "I don't want to see you again"!!!!! "Do not call me anymore"!!!!

Girls who are interested in you are eager be@vers (no pun intended :D ) to see you!!!

No this is not a shyt test - she is not interested in you enough to give you one!
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Well she didn't exactly say it like that, it was something like 'it's going to be a busy month' or something, which got me wondering if it was a 'not interested' or a 'must try harder'.

Anyway, starting a new post on this.
 

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no one with interest in you is busy for a month solid...
 
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