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.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
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.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
I'm calling bull**** on this one. You guys aren't developed enough at that age to have sex. Can you even get a boner at 7?Repentance said:When I was about 7yrs old to a girl in the neighborhood (age6 at that time).
I can't really rate her back then since we were both young; but she is about a 9-9.5 now. She's 18 now, haven't gotten a chance to fcuk her ever since, because we moved apart but I am in contact with her family,etc.
No, I am nor immorally raised. My family and relatives all are highly educated and respected people. This "act" had happened when we had played "doctor doctor" as children did back then.
Weird, cool, you decide. But I swear its true, lol.
Edit: we had sex a total of about 6 times including after her mother found out. But then my family and I moved away and it ended. Once a threesome could've taken place, but her friend (girl) just watched me do her but never joined nor did I ask her (regret . Since the friend is superhot now).
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.
Hahaha...even I was thinking the same. Anyway, age 23 to HB6 (then 15)...But it was not that impressive!BwanaKuu said:I'm calling bull**** on this one. You guys aren't developed enough at that age to have sex. Can you even get a boner at 7?
Yeah, I got my first boner at 6 or 7, don't remember exactly but I did have some boners at a single-digit age.BwanaKuu said:I'm calling bull**** on this one. You guys aren't developed enough at that age to have sex. Can you even get a boner at 7?
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.