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.
I do have a family history of high blood pressure, and I even have it, but it is well-controlled by Rx. I have heard of this micro-clotting problem, but it seems that all the websites that discuss it are, ahem, quacky.
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.
You don't have ACA coverage? Anyone can get that. As for you being so tired, maybe it's because you NightClubMax?
It takes 3 weeks for health insurance to actually kick in and apply or process. By then I had been hired and was on company's insurance which starts in Jan.You don't have ACA coverage? Anyone can get that. As for you being so tired, maybe it's because you NightClubMax?
If you had health insurance at your previous employer, you could buy COBRA continuation coverage. I did, and got cancer while on it.
I remember getting a last full checkout for the surveillance regimen on the last day before COBRA had expired.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.
DUDE! Same $hit here and I think we might have similar problems. Not sure about you but I did have nausea for over a week that never went away and some stomach pains that came and went. Occasionally I'd get pelvic pain, lower back pain, and some back pain but all intermittent. It was not even pain as much as it was discomfort. Then I realized on some nights I had head tremors so bad that I was shaking and could not sleep, at times feeling like my eyeballs were about to pop. Seems like I might have thyroid issues.
Are you vaxxed Southside?
Definitely get the d-dimer test. It tests for micro-clots which is a common side effect of the vax. You've had weird pains in your limbs, right? It could explain that.
