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Senior Don Juan
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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.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
That right there is the Crux of the whole damn thing!!!! You my man, win the prize!Julius_Seizeher said:My favorite is the "women are stronger" BS reason for women to live longer than men.
They outlive us because they don't deal with half the pressure and responsibility that we do. They don't fukkin do anything! If these so-called "strong women" had to walk in a man's shoes for a DAY, they'd be sitting in the corner sucking their thumb at the end of it.
I would like to stick something in her big mouth to shut her up too!!!!teacha said:lol
that woman got OWNED big time at the end....'but i got 3 childrennnn'
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.
If you didn't make it all the way to the end, be glad you didn't. The pitch gets a LOT higher when he makes a point that she CAN'T possibly debate.Rollo Tomassi said:Sorry, I can't listen to that Fran Drescher yenta voice without getting the old eye twitch headache again,..