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.
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.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
I've never been one to place blame on an entire race or people just because of an act of terror by a few.@Spaz I was drinking with guy who was in hot places and he told me what je thinks about them. It’s too racist I can’t paraphrase, but it has to do with their higene. Nah man, that entire religion is absolete. We are too eager to blame jews and their genocidal war on palestine, but no, they created an oasis and are a major player in middle east. Nah man. Islam is obsolite.
Absolutely.I've never been one to place blame on an entire race or people just because of an act of terror by a few.
As for Islam being obsolete, I can't comment on it since I've not studied their entire holy book but observing Muslims, I find many to be decent, good, kind hearted like most people.
It's always the fanatics giving a bad name to their beliefs.
Wars brings out the worst in people but it also can bring out acts of selfless compassion though that's few and far in between.Absolutely.
Thing is when at war not all people are good.
The line between religion and culture is thin. I find most Muslims to be a Muslim in culture only, similar to many Americans being Christian. I personally am a practicing Christian so I see the difference daily. Most Muslims have no desire to blow anyone up, and most of them have no real desire to bow down multiple times per day to Allah or whatever, they do it just because they are told to and were raised doing so.I've never been one to place blame on an entire race or people just because of an act of terror by a few.
As for Islam being obsolete, I can't comment on it since I've not studied their entire holy book but observing Muslims, I find many to be decent, good, kind hearted like most people.
It's always the fanatics giving a bad name to their beliefs.
was in UAE, Dubai in particular few years back, a girl in abaya standing next to me, gave me the eye and i was too eager to talk to her but kinda afraid as well.. still cannot forget how awesome her body under abaya... and i think she barely wear anything under beside maybe a lingerie,Last year I saw a (I presume) woman walking down the street in NYC wearing a burka...and high heels. I thought, how funny, her a$$ must look great under that thing.
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.
I too am a practicing Christian, as such I can understand what u r trying to convey, in that cultures can be shaped by religion.The line between religion and culture is thin. I find most Muslims to be a Muslim in culture only, similar to many Americans being Christian. I personally am a practicing Christian so I see the difference daily. Most Muslims have no desire to blow anyone up, and most of them have no real desire to bow down multiple times per day to Allah or whatever, they do it just because they are told to and were raised doing so.
Goes to show you that people, even if they don't believe something and/or know why they are doing it, will follow the herd. But if you want someone to truly believe, you have to show them 'why'. Most sheep can go their whole life not know 'why' they are doing anything.
I'm with you, that's why I chose Christianity for sure. It extends beyond the other religions' limitation. In actuality, I hate the term "religion" because it trivializes my own. It would be stupid for me to simply choose a religion from multiple options, I mean we are talking true belief here, it's not really a matter of preference in my mind, it's what is true.I too am a practicing Christian, as such I can understand what u r trying to convey, in that cultures can be shaped by religion.
However Christianity is flexible, as can be seen in Asia, cultures is mostly still maintained or intact, for example, if one were to meet a Chinese Catholic in China, they will tell you that they do maintain their ancestral worship, meaning they pay homage and make offerings by burning incense to their departed parents or ancestors.
It is a form of deep respect and a form of love.
Perhaps this is one reason why Christianity is growing in Asia, it doesn't subjugate but acknowledges and embraces different cultures.