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 paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
Didnt see the first two but watched the first 2 or 3 seasons of breaking bad till the drama passed the critic mass and forced me to quit it.sageproduct said:
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
I stopped watching the show. If I hear that Walt FINALLY dies, I will jump to the episode, no the SCENE, that he dies in, watch it, and then be done with Breaking Bad forever.Bible_Belt said:
Nuh-uh. Watch Dexter. In our society it doesn't get much worse than serial killer, and that's what Dexter is. I'd bet you that for a strong majority of Dexter viewers, it's not about "being ok" with him not getting punished, it's about hoping that the eponymous protagonist does not get caught.
All good suggestions here. I got pissed when they got rid of Dexter on Netflix, so I'm way behind.sageproduct said:
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.
I liked that one really great series, pity that they had to inject some poisonous drama, as if we needed a divorce and a autistic kid in an action series about corrupt cops, same sh1t as the sick kid and the drug-addict mother of the sons of anarchy main character.Purefilth said:Shield. Or maybe its 'the shield' ?
7 seasons anyway. Corrupt police- proper bad ones.
I know, right?Who Dares Win said:
Dexter was on Netflix?!?!Scars said:
I actually like Code Geass even better. The theme of power corrupting is just as prevalent, yet there are so many other motifs occuring. It's just as intense, and I found the characters to be much more compelling in Code Geass than in Death Note. However, it is more anime-y
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.
