Plec07
Senior Don Juan
Keep it to the point, don't keep on trying to convince her. State your side and then be unaffected by her decision of who to listen to.
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.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
plec rightly put about going overboard. Simply state it once , repeating cetain points for a mere emphasis at max. Dont be affected by the outcome.Plec07 said:Keep it to the point, don't keep on trying to convince her. State your side and then be unaffected by her decision of who to listen to.
So My monologue would probably be something like this, and I would state it once and only once with some emphasis?SIDEBOARD said:"Alright I'm gonna explain my side of the story, it's your choice to believe it or not, all I'm asking you is, are you willing to listen?"
"Monday morning when I entered school, I had a smile like the greatest thing happened to me, of course my buds were interested and asked so I told them the about the concert, I was happy cause you came with me,and I counted that as the score, now our common friend knew all about what happened with me holding your bag from your bro, so he joked about that and I even asked if holding your bag and buying you Iced tea was right, also I told them about the times I dragged you to the front rows of the pit. I don't know who you got the story that I was counting the bag thing as a score, I don't know who told you that me leading you deeper into the pit was me trying to molest you, and frankly I don't care. Now thats my side of the story so once again, it's your choice to believe it or not"
*walks away*
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.
Writing some long-ass response to her drama.SIDEBOARD said:Could you give an example of being overboard?