"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Class Reunion

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I got a phone call from my mom who told me my old best friend called me, to inform me of the 10 year class reunion that we are having in august.

The thing is.. I really have no interest whatsoever in going. Could care less. I'm not into showing off and going to see who has done **** and who isn't. Is it one of those things that you are kinda obligated to do or is it one of those things I'm going to regret if I don't do? Not like I can go and hook up with anyone, that would be the only reason whatsoever I would go.
 

"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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Warrior74

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I didn't go to mine because hell I didn't socialize with those people in high school, my true friends from high school I still talk to on email/facebook/telephone... I really didn't see any reason. Apparently everyone who was popular in my high school either got fat, had a bunch of kids or got stuck in deadend jobs. The people you knew were going places, some of them did, and a lot of the freaks and geeks like myself turned into pretty good people. Some of them I would have like to have seen. I wouldn't have minded having a bit of a gloat over the hot chics that turned me down back in the day, I know its James Cameron petty....but damn it feels good to be a gangster.
 

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backbreaker said:
I got a phone call from my mom who told me my old best friend called me, to inform me of the 10 year class reunion that we are having in august.

The thing is.. I really have no interest whatsoever in going. Could care less. I'm not into showing off and going to see who has done **** and who isn't. Is it one of those things that you are kinda obligated to do or is it one of those things I'm going to regret if I don't do? Not like I can go and hook up with anyone, that would be the only reason whatsoever I would go.
It's totally optional. Honestly, mine was pretty lame and not really worth the ticket price.
 

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Its a class reunion, its your choice whether or not you want to go. If you have no interest in going then don't go. I don't see how you would regret not going, I mean having the same boring conversations with people you'll never see again does not sound very fun to me.

Infact, just last month there was a "reunion"/"get together" with people who went the same University as I did. Instead what happened, is that my real friends came down to see me personally where we got to chill and all beforehand for a couple of hours, we parted ways for a bit as they just wanted to show up for "face" before we had some more fun later in the evening.

These are just one of those things where its like if you can come, great, if you can't too bad. No one is going to get hurt feelings or anything, so just do what you want to do.
 

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I would highly recommend going.

I didn't have high expectations for mine but it ended up being a 3 day party and was an absolute blast.

Screw all the egotistical bs that goes on. Forget showing off. Don't even bother asking people what they do etc. Just go hang out and have a few drinks and some laughs.
 

"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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zekko

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I've never gone to any of my class reunions, I couldn't be less interested. I didn't really enjoy high school. When I graduated I thought I would be sentimental about it, but it was just like a huge weight lifted off of me, I was so happy to be done with it.

I did go to my ex-wife's class reunion with her. It was boring, just a bunch of old people there (and they were younger than I was lol).
 

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I'm still friends with all the people I cared about in High School. So I have important reunions a few times a year!
 

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Don't go for the people that YOU want to see. Go for the people who want to see you.

I guarantee there will be people there that will be thrilled to see you. (and vice versa). There will be people you've forgotten about or never even knew who may become good friends. Mine was so much fun that people said they wanted to do it every year!

It's a once in a lifetime. You gotta go!
 

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Class reunions are just a popularity contest to see who turned out the best and find out who you outlived. It's about as pointless as homecoming/prom king/queen. I skipped my 11 year (they didn't get organized in time for a 10 year), but I might go for the 20th just to see old friends back home.
 
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