"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.

Read more...

Boyfriend cycling across six states to propose to his girlfriend is stabbed to death

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

Read more...

mangotot

Master Don Juan
Joined
Aug 24, 2014
Messages
1,111
Reaction score
23
So how much compensation($$$) is the girlfriend getting for her loss?
 

VikingKing

Banned
Joined
May 17, 2013
Messages
2,148
Reaction score
89
Location
America is best
This is why you don't get married. Or at least dont try hard propose. She looks like a whovre any ways. At least he dodged the divorce.
 

Bible_Belt

Master Don Juan
Joined
Jul 27, 2005
Messages
17,579
Reaction score
6,351
Age
50
Location
midwestern cow field 40
I think there's a good chance martial arts training would have saved his life.

I've trained open-hand defense against a knife. It's not that big of a deal, at least with a solid background to start. A good instructor will tell you it's not magic like the movies - you will get cut. But you're not going to die. Panic probably killed him as much as anything - it makes you bleed out a lot faster than staying calm.
 

"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.

Read more...

VikingKing

Banned
Joined
May 17, 2013
Messages
2,148
Reaction score
89
Location
America is best
Bible_Belt said:
I think there's a good chance martial arts training would have saved his life.

I've trained open-hand defense against a knife. It's not that big of a deal, at least with a solid background to start. A good instructor will tell you it's not magic like the movies - you will get cut. But you're not going to die. Panic probably killed him as much as anything - it makes you bleed out a lot faster than staying calm.
Yup, you will get cut in a knife fight 100% of the time. A gun would have been better.

But whats worse, getting stabbed ten times to death or a divorce?
 
Top