"I just moved here from Florida."

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.

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100% disabled vet =3k per mo, no tax

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and many of them are not really messed up, either. Did you know that? A mere need of a hearing aid gets many vets 1k per month, untaxed.

Federal prison guards make $54k per year, base pay, and all the overtime that they WANT, (ie, 100k per year, total), with another 20k worth of pension, 10k per year of medical insurance (family, too).

If you're not clearing this kind of money, guess what? You're not living, you are slowly starving.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

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.

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Yeah, and for those who actually got messed up- the money they get doesn't make up for what they have lost. I have seen it, and many of those guys work hard day in and day out and would not scam the system - its the least we can do.

Maybe we can stop bailing out bankers and other special interest groups who do nothing more than turn massive profits. How much have the big banks gotten since 2008?

The scam is hating the people who get very little, and ignoring the people who get everything. Its sad.
 

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you can be a banker if you end up at an ivy league school and get recruited to work for them. Its one big fraternity.
 

"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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People who were in the armed forces get a LOT of benefits you don't think about. Like they get a property tax exemption/discount, help with education, pension, loans, plus they have their own health system. I doubt if anyone realized what a huge thing that would become, as health costs for the average American spiral out of control.

I know a dude who gets a partial disability check from the army. He works full time and doesn't seem to be hampered, but he was injured so he pulls down a check for life. As a job, maybe it doesn't pay that much, but the benefits are good.
 
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every vet, if he wants to, ends up getting 100's of thousands, if not millions of $ worth of med care/cash out of VA.
 
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