"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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What does this mean..?

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toddC

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Okay, so this girl I've been working for about 2 weeks in school. Finally I texted her yesterday and I was like Hey, what you doing tonight? wanna chill? And she responded no more than 30 seconds later saying Sure, give me a call around 6. So I call around 6 and she doesn't answer. I then call 20 minutes later and she answers and makes up some reason why she can't hang out...should i be nexting thisg irl or what should i do?
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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LikRetsam

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Originally posted by guitaronfire411
Move on. She's using you.
What?

I want more to this story if you expect good replies. Was that text message the first contact with her?
 

Phat

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Dont next her just yet.. First of all.. Shes probably playing hard to get

-Her not answereing your calls
-Making up exuses


These are some of the examples of how girls play hard to get as i listed above.

What you need to do is *ignore* her for a couple days. See how she reacts to this.


Or just next her.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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This is a pretty terrible story.
 
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