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.
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.
All I can say is, it's about time.The end of the adulterous gravy train
No, it's helping to make sure that the guy being held responsible was actually responsible for the child.The proliferation of these tests is worrisome to Nina Selvaggio, president of the National Organization for Women's Massachusetts chapter. Not because she thinks they shouldn't be available, she says, but because ''it's perpetuating a culture that says there's a way to get out of being responsible."
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.
COWARDOriginally posted by Luveno
I will donate my DNA to them and spread my seed that way-without the obligation.
However, on the other side of the coin, if you found out that your "son" wasn't yours, what would you do then? What if it was 3 years later? 5? Would you feel like you wasted your time because you were raising someone elses kid?Originally posted by spider_007
COWARD
An abligation of a man is to be a FATHER some day, and raise a MENTALY helthy child (not an orphin). Part of the responsability of a man/father is to take care of the family, including his woman and his child. I do how ever agree that every child should be tested to make sure who the father is. We live in an age where "we all sleep around". Men and woman. NO BODY (WOMAN OR MEN) can be trused in this situation because there IS A LOT riding on the results. The entire lives of pepole involved can be changed ON ONE DECISION (of a scared emotional woman). If I ever found out I had a son somewhere, I WOULD take the resonsability, and I WOULD be a good father no metter what.
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.
It is. It's called "Springer" or "Maury".Originally posted by dietzcoi
Damn, it should be a reality TV show!!
what's your point (feel free to call me slow, but i don't see it)?Originally posted by Luveno
However, on the other side of the coin, if you found out that your "son" wasn't yours, what would you do then? What if it was 3 years later? 5? Would you feel like you wasted your time because you were raising someone elses kid?
No. You'd love your kid, even though he isn't related to you at all. However, what this brings into it is the hell of a divorce. I'm lucky; my parents divorced before I was self-aware. Most kids don't have that privilege.
this might be just MY point of view but yes you are. You are gona let some poor woman try and raise your son by her self, just so that your not inconvenianced. I was raised by a single mother, I know haw though it was for her. If you are not gona be a man, and take your responsability as a father, then you shouldn't be alowed to have kids.Originally posted by Luveno
I'm going to bypass all that drama by being a father in only the biological sense. It is a choice and does not make me a coward.
yes the rules have changed. I agree. But if you do run into that rare breed of quality women, I hope your not too blined by the ignorance and are able to recognize happynessOriginally posted by Luveno The rules have changed. This is not the all-american 50s anymore with the "nuclear family". Welcome to Babylon. I'm going to look out for my own interests first in this world.[/B]
Well considering that this is internat and that there are many nationalies on there, from meny different countries, and some of who speak more then one or two languages, i'd say im doing puirty damn good. As for my boss, he is a fvckin engineer, and he isn't much better at it then me. (i'll excuse your ignorance for now)Originally posted by Luveno Also, learn how to spell. It will save you future embarrassment from someone who counts, like your boss. [/B]
this might be just MY point of view but yes you are. You are gona let some poor woman try and raise your son by her self, just so that your not inconvenianced. I was raised by a single mother, I know haw though it was for her. If you are not gona be a man, and take your responsability as a father, then you shouldn't be alowed to have kids.