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.
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
The other two guys gave excellent answers. For me though, it's a bit different at this point.oscarxp25 said:What gives you courage to move in on a girl when you are not certain she likes or is interested in you in that type of way? Hope?
You don't hit it off which makes you free to approach another woman, I can live with that!MisterNigma said:...Ask youself this question - What's the worst that can happen?...
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.
oscarxp25 said:What gives you courage to move in on a girl when you are not certain she likes or is interested in you in that type of way? Hope?
Sounds more like a pessimist to me, to each his own...MisterNigma said:I was actually thinking more along the lines of getting into a fight w/boyfriend.
Then again, I'm a realist, not an optimist.
-E.Nigma
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.
Now why be so negative? Ok, so you got me, I'm a pessimistic realistFrancisco d'Anconia said:Sounds more like a pessimist to me, to each his own...
I ain't even gonna touch that one...MisterNigma said:...Ok, so you got me, I'm a pessimistic realist![]()
-E.Nigma
See, now that's a flawed statement. If you "din't want to touch" the subject you shouldn't have replied.Francisco d'Anconia said:I ain't even gonna touch that one...![]()
I think of myself as opinionated, thank you....MisterNigma said:See, now that's a flawed statement. If you "din't want to touch" the subject you shouldn't have replied.
You're a compulsive poster. I know, how it feels. There should really be a Poster's Anonymous.
-E.Nigma
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.
Whatever helps you sleep at night. I do expect to see you at the bext PA meeting though.:yes:Francisco d'Anconia said:I think of myself as opinionated, thank you....![]()