"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.

What are Your Opinions on Getting Married to Single Moms?

Thread starter Frank2500
Start date Dec 13, 2012

Boilermaker

Master Don Juan

Dec 16, 2012

Wait.

I thought raising OTHER people's off-spring, and your OWN kid was considered different, in an obvious manner.

I must have missed something on VU's post.

As for that old question:

Stay away from single mommies if you can. No decent man knocks up a girl and leaves her for sport. She has driven that man to that point, so think again.

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

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.