She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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.
no one said it didn't.PersonalJesus said:lol, canada has provinces.
Get back in the kitchen woman
Exactly the problem with most schools today. They teach only localised knowledge. Most people don't even know much about their own neighbouring countries...penkitten said:obviously my post was about the country i live in, usa, not canada.
you have different geography, politics, history and sales tax sweetie.
the above two links are about the boston tea party.
right, you might have learned where some countries are, and if you had ties with them, but that is about it. you dont know much about their history based on what you learned at school.diplomatic_lies said:Exactly the problem with most schools today. They teach only localised knowledge. Most people don't even know much about their own neighbouring countries...
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.
ya ya whatever mrs. "I was talking about my own country, not canada"penkitten said:no one said it didn't.
try to refrain from flaming someone if you aren't going to bother to read what they posted.
perhaps you should get back in the kitchen and MAKE ME A PIE!
roflPersonalJesus said:ya ya whatever mrs. "I was talking about my own country, not canada"
i like my steak well done
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.
Leporello said:I hate to break it to you, but this board isn't exactly a Mensa meeting either.
uhm sweet little chump boy, can you show me your receipt of purchase for this forum before you tell me where i am or am not allowed?PersonalJesus said:seriously tho penkitten, get off my forum. just your prescense alone offends me.
I'll try my best ma'am.penkitten said:uhm sweet little chump boy, can you show me your receipt of purchase for this forum before you tell me where i am or am not allowed?
oh, whats that? you meant to say, "Seriously, though, Penkitten, get off the forum I like to hang out on because I am afraid of women altogether, and because of that, your presence alone offends me."
Oh, GROW UP and GROW SOME BALLS newbie, don't let little old me offend you.