"The Kiss of Death Mistake"
You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
27 Unique Ideas for Dates, from Yahoo!
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"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.
Vulpine
Master Don Juan
Uh... "Unique"?
95% of that sh!t is lame as fvck.
"27 very plain ideas to bore the snot out of a date."
What a douche.
go to a park and throw a frisbee
take your cat for a walk
go to a "pick your own" fruit place
roast marshmallows over a sterno can or grill "spontaneously"
fly a kite off the top of a parking ramp
go pretend to be street performers - suck really bad on purpose
pistol range
rent a tandem bike
get dressed up, smoke a bunch of weed, and go sit through an opera: don't forget the gummi bears
chuck e. cheese?
play jax or pick-up sticks on a crowded street over a coffee, maybe some hopscotch once you're jacked-up on caffeine.
sneak a couple 40's into the movie theatre - bring long straws
go to a thrift store (second-hand, goodwill, etc.) and rummage around (those places are hilarious)
Put on bright orange shirts and walk around in home depot (red shirts: target, blue shirts: Wal-Mart, etc.) (heck, buy the shirts at the thrift store for a dime a piece)
get sidetracked and go with it, keep getting sidetracked - promise dinner, end up skipping stones by a river, etc.
get on a bus and ride around until you see something you want to do or see.
water ballon fight
feed pigeons/ducks/geese/seagulls
make vegetable gardens in flower pots and grow food in your bedroom window (I've got serano chili peppers, lettuce, onions, and grass for my cat in my window)
go sledding
scavenger hunt
instead of watching a movie, put the tv in the window and watch the movie in lawn chairs outside.
buy a box of brownie mix, go over to a neighbor's, ask for a "cup of sugar", reward them with the brownies you made with the cup of sugar.
go to a greenhouse and mess with the venus fly traps
blow bubbles on a pedestrian bridge/overpass above a rush-hour traffic jam
go to a dollar store, laugh at the food, mess with the toys (tell your date you are taking her out for dinner, but go to the dollar store instead for "dinner"... "Oh, you got all dressed up for Dollar General? FANCY!)
oops, that's like 28...
Go help out on Bingo night at the old folk's home?
Sure, if the smell of Ben Gay and soggy depends gets your chick wet.
Dude had like 3 or 4 ideas that didn't suck.
95% of that sh!t is lame as fvck.
"27 very plain ideas to bore the snot out of a date."
What a douche.
go to a park and throw a frisbee
take your cat for a walk
go to a "pick your own" fruit place
roast marshmallows over a sterno can or grill "spontaneously"
fly a kite off the top of a parking ramp
go pretend to be street performers - suck really bad on purpose
pistol range
rent a tandem bike
get dressed up, smoke a bunch of weed, and go sit through an opera: don't forget the gummi bears
chuck e. cheese?
play jax or pick-up sticks on a crowded street over a coffee, maybe some hopscotch once you're jacked-up on caffeine.
sneak a couple 40's into the movie theatre - bring long straws
go to a thrift store (second-hand, goodwill, etc.) and rummage around (those places are hilarious)
Put on bright orange shirts and walk around in home depot (red shirts: target, blue shirts: Wal-Mart, etc.) (heck, buy the shirts at the thrift store for a dime a piece)
get sidetracked and go with it, keep getting sidetracked - promise dinner, end up skipping stones by a river, etc.
get on a bus and ride around until you see something you want to do or see.
water ballon fight
feed pigeons/ducks/geese/seagulls
make vegetable gardens in flower pots and grow food in your bedroom window (I've got serano chili peppers, lettuce, onions, and grass for my cat in my window)
go sledding
scavenger hunt
instead of watching a movie, put the tv in the window and watch the movie in lawn chairs outside.
buy a box of brownie mix, go over to a neighbor's, ask for a "cup of sugar", reward them with the brownies you made with the cup of sugar.
go to a greenhouse and mess with the venus fly traps
blow bubbles on a pedestrian bridge/overpass above a rush-hour traffic jam
go to a dollar store, laugh at the food, mess with the toys (tell your date you are taking her out for dinner, but go to the dollar store instead for "dinner"... "Oh, you got all dressed up for Dollar General? FANCY!)
oops, that's like 28...
Go help out on Bingo night at the old folk's home?
Sure, if the smell of Ben Gay and soggy depends gets your chick wet.
Dude had like 3 or 4 ideas that didn't suck.
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
Yeah, all of them seemed like cliché "nice guy" stuff. I will admit that the race car driving school did sound intriguing, I think I'm going to put that on my personal list of "to do's."
"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
NSUballer
Senior Don Juan
yea that list blows big time...thats things to do if you dont want another date....my personal favorite ona first date is roller skating, girls like that kinda stuff...unless theyre very uncoordinated...
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
Learning how to drive a race car???saber said:
NSUballer
Senior Don Juan
yea It would be awesome to be a Nascar driver. Now thats a profession chics definitely are attracted to
Francisco d'Anconia
Master Don Juan
Yeah, but I'm an anarchist. I'd want to turn the wheel to the right.NSUballer said:
"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.