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.
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.
LOL, yeah the title is deceiving. Nothing I'd like more than getting out of this cold and going down to warm FL and having a few drinks with you. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get away this winter, but I hope to make it down there sometime in the future.STR8UP said:Darn....I was hoping for a good AW story. Seems I'm the only guy who knows one these days
BTW....shots are on me if you make it this way any time soon.....
Yes I live in the midwest. I was hoping you'd hand deliver me shots.iqqi said:Aren't you in the midwest? I can send one to you via priority mail... but this is kinda late notice. I really would have, too.
It's so cold tonight and windy too. It's suppose to be down to like 4 degrees. Probably no one will be out. So now you're impuning an entire astrological sign lol?iqqi said:You have to go out TONITE because your bday is officially at midnite.
Shoulda known you were an aquarius. They are all as$holes.
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.