"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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"Cheers, I'm off!" - Making goodbyes.

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Hmm... for phone, chat and real life convo closers, what do you guys use?

I always struggle to say a goodbye when things are going well. I've used funny excuses like I need to go help my dog build his hubbly and shyt like that...

But for normal goodbye's, what can one use?

The "anyway... i'm off " and "i gotta go"... just aren't what I'm looking for. And I don't really think a different funny excuse (gotta floss that dogs teeth) stays interesting for too long, as it becomes predictable.

Uhh... ciao?
 

"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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cool. well, time is money. Im a busy man. Cya later darling. *click*

(spot the push/pull here.)
 
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I have to go, talk to you later


or I'll talk to you later/soon.


Why are you worryin so much about saying goodbyes?

DZ
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Originally posted by Dee-Zy


Why are you worryin so much about saying goodbyes?
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Not really worried. Just wanted to see how you other chaps end your convo's.
 
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...anyways, i gotta get back to flossin my cat

or what I do when I'm lost for words is say:

"I'll call you later" in a bored as heck tone
 
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so long

later

cya

goodbye

bye

ciao

me: wanna go do blah blah blah
her: blah lbhab blah blah bah sure
me: alright
 
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or Tata!!! in a highly efeminated british accent
 

"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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Well..I really gotta get movin because..........so I will have to get at you lata peace!!!!!
 
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no need for reasons.. do you?

oh, and try and get the word 'anyway' out of your vocab.
 
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Originally posted by Flyer
oh, and try and get the word 'anyway' out of your vocab.
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I take it 'sooooo...' should also be taken out then? And 'anyhoo', and anything similar? Heh...

Makes sense.
 
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Originally posted by Keeper
"i gotta go"...
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That always feels like a lie to me. You don't "gotta" usually, you just want to.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

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.

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Originally posted by diplomatic_lies
I usually just hang up.
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You got it all figured out, huh?
 
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Well I am now bored of talking to you so I am going to play some xbox... or maybe I will just go to the park and chase children with a stick.
 
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