"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.
Anyone try ShowOffMyBankAccountGame?
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"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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I agree that it isn't enough to impress. The two accounts combined have under $95,000. If that's the entirety of his net worth, that's not enough to impress, even in a low class bar in Kentucky or West Virginia.my opinion: You've got to have 7 figures before this game will work; this guy is not even up to 6.
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
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.
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You're NOT going to get me to gush over "hot" harridans like he had, though.
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@MatureDJ once had a job that took him to Phoenix for 6+ months in the early 2000s.
This is the only place I've ever seen the word 'harridan' used. I think I had to look up a definition the first time I saw it used here.You're NOT going to get me to gush over "hot" harridans like he had, though.
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Once every 22 years.. Hmm....
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The woman looks disgusted with him