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.
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
Um...thank? I read, acquired and practiced all of it overnight. Now I'm a 100% better man.Tiguere said:Go read the dj bible... You sound like a pathetic fool.
Raymond said:Um...thank? I read, acquired and practiced all of it overnight. Now I'm a 100% better man.
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.
Listen. No matter what you do, nothing is going to happen with this girl. You've already blown it (many times over). Deal with it.Raymond said:Are you saying that there's no reason behind her actions, and I shouldn't try to decode it?
Also, I believe I have improved by acting indifferently this time and tried to control my emotion as best as I could.
I'm saying her reasons ought not be your concern.Raymond said:Are you saying that there's no reason behind her actions, and I shouldn't try to decode it?
Also, I believe I have improved by acting indifferently this time and tried to control my emotion as best as I could.