"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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Can anyone recommend a beginner Spanish DVD?

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I downloaded the Chinese pod course and I play that's while I'm doing my household chores. That has worked great and my Chinese is a bit established now.

I've heard good things about Latina chicks, I've also been chatting to this Colombian chick online and that's been fun.

I like latin dance and we have Spanish conversation meet up groups in Melbourne. So sounds like there is potential for expanding my market.

I downloaded the Spanish pod course but it's a bit weird even though it says its newbie level it doesn't start from scratch.

So can anyone recommend a course preferably one that I can download but I'm happy to spend a bit of money if its good.

I don't want an app because the whole point is to add some value to the time I use for my chores - I.e. Its needs to be something I can just listen and talk back to.
 

"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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I downloaded the Chinese pod course and I play that's while I'm doing my household chores. That has worked great and my Chinese is a bit established now.

I've heard good things about Latina chicks, I've also been chatting to this Colombian chick online and that's been fun.

I like latin dance and we have Spanish conversation meet up groups in Melbourne. So sounds like there is potential for expanding my market.

I downloaded the Spanish pod course but it's a bit weird even though it says its newbie level it doesn't start from scratch.

So can anyone recommend a course preferably one that I can download but I'm happy to spend a bit of money if its good.

I don't want an app because the whole point is to add some value to the time I use for my chores - I.e. Its needs to be something I can just listen and talk back to.
aqui tienes algo

http://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/spanish-index.html

un sitio practico
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/index.html

que tengas suerte

....otra costita
http://learner.org/series/destinos/
 

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Thanks heaps guys. Destinos looks really interesting will keep me motivated. And pimsleur starts from absolute zero so perfect.
 

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They all suck to me. I would recommend taking class and then, hang around some people speaking Spanish. Take my advice with a grain of salt though, I struggle with teaching myself anything. I am an auditory learner, but most of the CDs don't do much 'teaching' IMO.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

Read more...

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