"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Backbreaker's annual Kentucky Derby pick thread

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I hate everything about Nyquist. I hate his jockey. I hate his pedigree. I hate the way he's put together. I hate his trainer. I hate his owner. I hate the race he ran in last.

Dammit if Nyquist beats me, he just beats me. I don't like him at all. he's talented. he can very well do that. i just am not going to wager on him. I watch his jockey who is a third tier jockey out here on a good day, blow race after race day in and out, i'm not going to wager on him int he biggest race in the world.


I have no real clue honestly this isn't a good croup of horses and there is no clear cut 2nd choice. If this were any race other than the derby i wouldn't wager, but because it is, i'm going to wager on mohaymen. he's only lost once, to Nyquist, last race and he's 12 to 1. i like his pedigree as well.


I'm not extremely confident in that pick but that's the best value in the race.
 

"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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