"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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jhonny9546

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I'd love to discuss something I've read on a sosuave article here

The interest that the woman has is still *there*, it's just not *activated* unless you are in her presence.
So, basically, it says that a woman will think of you when you're around her, or that her interest in you will increase when you're with her. Instead, we've learned that giving her space and not being around her is what actually increases her interest in you.

So, this advice is fundamentally flawed? What do you think?
 

"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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@jhonny9546 "Instead, we've learned that giving her space and not being around her is what actually increases her interest in you"

This is comparable to what Chris Voss discusses in Never Split The Difference, when he instructs readers to use The Aggressive Voice sparingly:

Being TOO EAGER to seal the deal drives away those we're trying to persuade
 

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@jhonny9546 "Instead, we've learned that giving her space and not being around her is what actually increases her interest in you"

This is comparable to what Chris Voss discusses in Never Split The Difference, when he instructs readers to use The Aggressive Voice sparingly:

Being TOO EAGER to seal the deal drives away those we're trying to persuade
one of the best books for how to deal with difficult situations.
 
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