About your dating life? I want to be more open to them about the girls I'm seeing, but I haven't even told them that I've had a girlfriend before. I want to know about their encounters with the opposite sex when they were younger and things of that nature, but I'm afraid to ask. Do you talk to your parents(well mostly your dad) about girls? How do they react when you bring up the subject? What do they usually say? Also have you ever brought a girl home to your parents before? Does there opinion matter to you? etc.
"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.
Are Any Of You Embarressed To Talk To Your Parents?
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"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.
Me and my old man sit around and have a drink and swap war stories. His always start with "this was before your mother and don't tell your mother this but one time when I was stationed in...."
It took me growing up and being a man and acting like a man understanding my dad as a man to be able to talk to my dad as a man.
It took me growing up and being a man and acting like a man understanding my dad as a man to be able to talk to my dad as a man.
Sounds like you have a cool dad. It's just that my parents act so immature when i even mention a girls freakin name! Can anybody relate to this?Warrior74 said:Me and my old man sit around and have a drink and swap war stories. His always start with "this was before your mother and don't tell your mother this but one time when I was stationed in...."
Yeah, mine too. They are both so incredibly awkward on the subject that the only reaction they can pull off is to tease me about it. I've just quit bringing it up unless I have to.dadmonson said:Sounds like you have a cool dad. It's just that my parents act so immature when i even mention a girls freakin name! Can anybody relate to this?
Yup. My father is more immature than I am when he behaves, and he always tries to give me advice like "women are smarter than us" and "women are always right".... :cuss:dadmonson said:Sounds like you have a cool dad. It's just that my parents act so immature when i even mention a girls freakin name! Can anybody relate to this?
Don't worry. You're not alone. There's lots of us lacking male figures in our lives.
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
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.
The weird thing is, my dad is definitely in the alpha/dominant category. He's man of the house, king of the castle. Definitely a good life example.
He just can't seem to discuss the topic of girls with his son without being extremely awkward.
He just can't seem to discuss the topic of girls with his son without being extremely awkward.
I.A.F.Y.B.
Master Don Juan
Yeah, I was embarassed to talk to my parents. But, when I opened up, my dad gave me advice like great posts that have been on here.
Unless your in Kerpal's shoes...
Unless your in Kerpal's shoes...
My dad is awesome, he's completely Alpha and despite being 56 years old, he draws respect from 20 something year old punks. And the women LOVE him. I talk freely with him about a lot of things.
I'm thankful i get the chance to talk to him about it, I know alot of guys never get that chance.
I'm thankful i get the chance to talk to him about it, I know alot of guys never get that chance.