"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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SecondHalf

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As my relationship of 8 months is going tomorrow (my choice this time), I'm getting pretty discouraged with the LTR.

On the AskMen site, they have an abundance of articles on how to break up nicely. I was good reading to be sure.

I also got the impression that a series of short term relationships is all you should really expect anymore.

Opinions, is this the way it feels to you?


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"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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I've had a few relationships since I split with my ex-wife. I had one for three months, one for nine months, and I'm now in one that's been going for seven which I have no desire to terminate. You can have any kind of a relationship you want after divorce.

The nine month one wasn't right for me. I kinda knew that from the beginning, but I figured I'd enjoy it while it was fun. I don't regret staying with her for that length of time because we DID have fun. In the last month, she started getting pushy about moving in, kids, marriage, and whatever. I repeatedly told her that I wasn't interested in any of that, but she kept pushing. It eventually got to the point where I had to end it. She was pretty fvcking upset.

There's no easy way to do it. I keep saying this... Many guys here will tell you that the manly way to break up with her is to do it in person. I disagree. Do it any way you want. How you break up isn't going to affect her opinion of you, it's going to be how she felt about you during the relationship and how you carried on after the relationship.

If you treated her like a Don Juan should treat a woman and then completely cut contact with her, she'll maintain a very high opinion of you. If you drag out the ending of the relationship, getting back together, breaking up, back together, break up, stay friends, etc, etc, then she's going to hate your fvcking guts.

But the reaction is inevitable. She's going to cry. She's going to be upset. She might be mad. She might smash your car windows. Who knows? But if you want to end it, then do it as quickly as possible. There's no point in dragging something out that you're not interested in.
 

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My last one was eight.
But there was future talk, "ILY's " ...
I would find it kind of difficult to not indulge in these things.

Do you ever say the words knowing there is an expiry?
I've never tried this...

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SecondHalf said:
My last one was eight.
But there was future talk, "ILY's " ...
I would find it kind of difficult to not indulge in these things.

Do you ever say the words knowing there is an expiry?
I've never tried this...
During that relationship of 9 months, she most certainly uttered those words. Personally, I won't say it if I don't mean it, and I never said it once during that relationship. If she pushes for it, just let her know you'll tell her when you feel you're ready to.
 

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Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

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I am not her man. She can't stand the thought of me touching her. She's dripping with other men's semen. She is ashamed to be seen with me. She never misses an opportunity to disrespect me. Everything I do is wrong. I am the problem. She got what she wanted from me. She says "I hate you so much I could kill you." Going away forever will make her happy again.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

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.

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Desdinova said:
During that relationship of 9 months, she most certainly uttered those words. Personally, I won't say it if I don't mean it, and I never said it once during that relationship. If she pushes for it, just let her know you'll tell her when you feel you're ready to.
Perhaps this is a skill I have yet to learn.
If I've dated someone for nine months, I'll love them.
I'd program myself for it.

What would be the point in being in a LT relationship without it?

disclaimer: I'm grumpy and all beat up today.

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