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.
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
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.
Oh crap. My wife exhibits all of these traits... and I avoid a lot of minor conflicts with her because of the way she handles things.DavenJuan said:Drama: any topic, discussion, scenerio, idea blown out of proportion to actual reality.
ways to reailze you are being a drama queen/causing drama..
if 15 minutes later you realize that whatever you were upset about was not as important or relevant to anything its considered DRAMA.
if you hate every single women that your bf/husband knows including his mother thats considered DRAMA
if your bf/husband avoids minor conflicts with you because of the way you handle things thats considered DRAMA
so how to avoid this..
FACTS UNKOWN.
there is no cure just medicine to minimize the damage...
SPIN PLATES
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.
Took 9 replies, but at least someone got there.Warrior74 said:Your a woman. you already know what drama is. Stop playing games. And yall so called DJs on here...why are you even anwsering this crap?.
Commando said:I liked what Nobody said. It kind of puts things into perspective, no?
Relationship Drama.
Spinning plates and keeping your significant other off balance on purpose, or tending to back ups. The genuine man or woman with a shread of self confidence is going to bail upon realizing this.
Taking the ****y and funny thing too far. Enough to emotionally wound the other. When you cross that line, and you enjoy doing so, and they go for it. You are dealing with an insecurity. Tread carefully. I would recommend treading backwards for either.
Seek a healthy core of being and then attract a healthy partner. In that order.
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.
Commando said:Seek a healthy core of being and then attract a healthy partner. In that order.
Tell me about it.( . )( . ) said:Took 9 replies, but at least someone got there.
any behavior that is meant to evoke an emotional response with no relevance to resolving the issue at hand is DRAMA.kathy said:Ok men help us women to understand please. What things do you consider to be drama and what tips can you give us to not fall into this?
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.