"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.
whats a good default pick-up line?
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"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.
themanwithnoname
Senior Don Juan
check_mate_kid_uk
Master Don Juan
englishcrap
Senior Don Juan
"Hey your kind of cute are you single" two of them gave me their mobile numbers and email address
diablo
Master Don Juan
"Read the whole frickin' DJ Bible before posting ridiculous crap that has no chance of not being deleted as soon as a mod comes across it. If this was the first, second, or even tenth thread that you'd posted of this "quality", it wouldn't be so bad.. but there's been more than that. Read the DJB. Read it again. Then go out in the field and apply some of that knowledge. Then, if you still have a question, come back here - read the sticky at the top of the DJ Discussion section - reread it, then post the question or comment on the forum."
At least that's what I like telling the ladies.
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
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.
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