BacardiGuy
Senior Don Juan
I turned on ESPN to see Midnight Lute absolutely blow past the competition on the final straight. Everyone else looked like they were movng backwards.
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.
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.
backbreaker said:Breeders Cup Mile
I'm all over Kip Deville at 6 to 1 or even if he drops to 5 to 1.. but any longer and I will go with Silent Name
backbreaker said:Race 6: Lahudood to win (2 win tickets)
(I like honey ryder to win as well but not at the odds she is going to bring)
backbreaker said:Breeders Cup Distaff
this is a 2 million dollar race over a mile and an 8th over dirt for Fillies and mares 3 and up
1 Balance 20-1
6 Bear Now 15-1
4 Ginger Punch 7-2
12 Hystericalady 8-1
10 Indian vale 3-1
5 Lady Joanne 6-1
7 Lear?s Princess 6-1
8 Octave 10-1
2 Prop Me Up 50-1
9 Teammate 30-1
3 Tough Tiz?s Sis 20-1
11 Unbridled Belle 9-2
One horse race. Hystericalady . take it to the bank. nuff said
whoever makes these odds is on that good. I would not be suprised to see Hystericalady go off as the post time favoriate
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
there is no way in hell you could have followed these to a "T" and lost 5 hundred dollars.backbreaker said:she figured. I can see how you went with that
you are mistaken me saying that they should win for me saying to BET on them. God no! Not at thoose odds. Although dream rush got interesting for a mintue. had she slipped to 5 to 1 I might have taken a stab
I have no opinions that strong that a tote board can't change them. If I woke up tomorow and lawyer ron was 20 to 1, i'd be a lawyer ron fan.
something else to keep in mind.. she's a 3YO going up against a 4YO. alotof peopel don't remember or realize that.
Also, Hyestericalady won in the slop, the true slop, not an off track, a HORID track at churchill and won in hand going away, she is going to be fine
I'm going to show exactly what my bets are going to be for tomorrow, just so you can see what I'm betting. I'm not going to put the amounts bet, but you get the picture
I'm still going over allmy bases, making sure I have dotted all my eyes and crossed my tess, because i have a hell of alot of money on hte line tomorrow, and I don't leave anything to chance.
Race 1: Slew's Tizzy to win if drifts upwards of 6 to 1
Daily Double with Slews Tizzy / Silver Knockers CocoBelle in 2nd race
Race 4: Smarty Deb to win. Putting to much money on her to mess around with anything else
Race 5: Wicked Style to win assuming stays above 7 to 1
Exacta with Wicked Style on top/Pryo or Z Humor on the bottom
Trifecta With Wicked Style on top/ Pryo or Z humor 2nd o/ Pyro, Z humor, War Pass and Overextended in 3rd (trying to hit a lick)
Race 6: Lahudood to win (2 win tickets)
(I like honey ryder to win as well but not at the odds she is going to bring)
Race 7: Kelly's Landing to win
Superfecta withh kelly's Landing/Benny the Bull/Midnight Lute/ Greg's Gold
Race 9:Hystericalady
Exacta with Hystericalady/Balance on the bottom
Trifecta with Hystericalady/Balance 2nd/Lear's Princess 3rd
Race 10: (Shamdinan)
Race 11: Tiago to win
Pick 3:
Race 4: (Smarty Deb)
Race 5: (Wicked Style)
Race 6: (Honey Ryder)(All My loving) (Lahudood)
Pick 4
Race 8Excellent Art )
Race 9: (Hystericalady)
Race 10: (Dylan Thomas )
Race 11: (Tiago) (Curlin) (George Washington)
Pick 6
Race 6: (All My Loving)(All My Loving)(Nashoba's Key) (Nashoba's Key)(Lahudood)
Race 7: (Kelly's Landing) (Commentator) (Midnight Lute) (Greg's Gold)
Race 8: (Excellent Art )
Race 9: (Hystericalady)
Race 10: (Dylan thomas) (Shamdinan)
Race 11: (George Washington (Curlin) (Tiago)
Okay, let me somewhat explain what I"m doing.
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.
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.
I wish you would have kept up wti this thread.. I literarly gave out a 26 dollar winnerCeladus said:I lost but almost came out well with Hystericalady. I'm hooked though. I'm going to start paying attention and reading up on racing but I'm not going to be betting unless its a Triple Crown. No edge for laymans like me.
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.