"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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ok here is what happened,,

i have a girl coming to see me, she was supposed to get here yesterday at 430 from the midwest...but theyre in the storm circle. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/stormwatch/?from=hp_news and its 20 degrees there with a windchill of 4. its really lovely over there, let me tell you.

her plane was cancelled and i live in pa. she tried to get her plane rerouted to a city within 150 miles of me cause i said thats how far id drive to get her....she has ALL my christmas presents with her and her luggage for TWO weeks. shes not real high maintenance but is definitely a girl...

i need to know what the prognosis is for her flight arriving here in pa from iowa.


original flight path was iowa to o'hare in chi town, then to my town : )


whats gonna happen guise?
 
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"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

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.

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ok here is what happened,,

i have a girl coming to see me, she was supposed to get here yesterday at 430 from the midwest...but theyre in the storm circle. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/stormwatch/?from=hp_news and its 20 degrees there with a windchill of 4. its really lovely, let me tell you.

her plane was cancelled and i live in pa. she tried to get her plane rerouted to a city within 150 miles of me cause i said thats how far id drive to get her....she has ALL my christmas presents with her and her luggage for TWO weeks. shes not real high maintenance but is definitely a girl...

i need to know what the prognosis is for her flight arriving here in pa from iowa. considering wind conditions, ice build up et cetera.

original flight path was iowa to o'hare in chi town, then to my town : )


whats gonna happen guise?
 

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EDIT- ive also never met this girl before, i have been talking to her tho for 8 years on the phone. i met her in a yahoo chat room in the year 2000. we were both 14, and just kept talking. its her first trip here to see me, and this whole plan is going to ****...i had plans for a limo for dinner and to take her shopping and buy her a dress, make it nice for her...and its all gone to ****. This storm is being an *******, fk me.
 

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Chicago was completely messed up with recent storms. I came within a hair of booking a flight on United Airlines on the 23rd but instead flew Southwest with a connection in Phoenix. Man am I glad I did, because I'd have spent 2 days sleeping the airport.

Nobody here can tell you what will happen to her flight, call the airline.
 

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Wow. Just wow dude. The missed flight is the least of your problems.
 

"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.

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The August Sky said:
EDIT- ive also never met this girl before, i have been talking to her tho for 8 years on the phone. i met her in a yahoo chat room in the year 2000. we were both 14, and just kept talking. its her first trip here to see me, and this whole plan is going to ****...i had plans for a limo for dinner and to take her shopping and buy her a dress, make it nice for her...and its all gone to ****. This storm is being an *******, fk me.

I am.......speechless.
 
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