"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.

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Met a girl at a party a few months back - she went away to school, but we kept in contact I would ping her with texts every couple weeks to keep her thinking. We end up at the same party and we start talking I AMOG the **** out of her other guy friends and then iso her. We start making out and messing around a little bit.

I walk away for a while to talk to some old friends who I haven't seen in a while and end up getting pretty hammered doing some shots and a beer bong or two.
(I don't recommend getting hammered like this, but I did, whatever)

Run back into this girl completely hammered she thinks it's funny we start fooling around more.. She asks how I am getting home I tell her that I am probably crashing at my friends unless she wants to come home with me. She at first isn't down, but I talk her into it. She ditches two of her friends to drive me home and spend the night.

It is like 3:30 am maybe later when we get back to my house I walk in and my ****ing mom is still awake for some reason and she asks me where I went etc and asks who the random girl is and just starts asking this girl a ton of questions. And you know how girls are with your parents she engages in a dumb ass conversation for like 25 minutes while I am half way passed out.

After that, we go back into my room and start fooling around - 10 minutes later my mother walks into the ****ing room - doesn't even knock - this girl is naked and asks if she needs a pillow or extra blanket..:cuss: :cuss: :cuss: :cuss:

After that the girl only wanted to cuddle the rest of the night. Her body was an absolute 10 and I was in a huge state of denial the next day.

I really need to get an apartment, but can't afford it right now.

I envy all you guys that have your own place and have never encountered this problem.
 

"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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Obsidian said:
:crackup: rofl :crackup:
I'm glad you can get a laugh out of this.. I almost shed a tear.
 

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well that's really the kind of thing you should expect when you try to seduce chicks while living with your parents. bringing her home was kind of a dumb idea

but honestly, if she stayed with you and cuddled the whole night long and if you guys parted on good terms, I suspect you can probably sex her at some later time fairly easily. She'll be comfortable with you now.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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wow... i wouldn't talk to my mom for a week after a ordeal like that
 

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Sounds like your mom was pretty cool about it. My mom (if I lived at home) would have thrown her out.
 

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Obsidian said:
well that's really the kind of thing you should expect when you try to seduce chicks while living with your parents. bringing her home was kind of a dumb idea

but honestly, if she stayed with you and cuddled the whole night long and if you guys parted on good terms, I suspect you can probably sex her at some later time fairly easily. She'll be comfortable with you now.
She is already back on campus @ Indiana University.. I won't be seeing her for a while.
 

"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.

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thissean said:
hahahhahaha thats so funny.
did she say yes?
She just looked at me and started to laugh and I said No, mom get the fhk out.
 

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I'm glad you can get a laugh out of this.. I almost shed a tear.

Sometimes man, you just gotta sit back and laugh. If that happened to me, I just would've looked at my mom like, "Are you f.ucking serious mom?!" and then just cracked up!
 

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Oh man thats terrible..

Shoulda told her to go get you guys some rubbers..
 

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I don't believe you. Why would your mom walk into your room at 4 am in the morning when she knows you have a girl in there? Was she drunk? or did she think you guys would play monopoly all night?
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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DonJuan11 said:
I don't believe you. Why would your mom walk into your room at 4 am in the morning when she knows you have a girl in there? Was she drunk? or did she think you guys would play monopoly all night?
I think my mom thinks I am a virgin.. I have no idea, she is weird.

She walked into the room to see if the girl needed a pillow or blanket..
 

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That's pretty funny. Your mom sounds pretty cool at least. I would never have even attempted to have a girl sleep over at my mom's house.
 

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I think my mom thinks I am a virgin.. I have no idea, she is weird.

She walked into the room to see if the girl needed a pillow or blanket..
hahaha, don't be mad, her intentions were good but ill advice at the time, you are lucky you got a mom that cares about her son's girls! some moms would have yelled and cussed the two of you ensuring no girls would ever return.

Your mom sounds alright, it was your lack of preparation that caused this situation. Next time ensure that nobody is at home or send your mom to the movies or something.
 

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Tenzen said:
wow... i wouldn't talk to my mom for a week after a ordeal like that
tenzen, your moms deserves more respect than that.
 

"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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