"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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Cool things to do with friends

Quiksilver

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What are some cool things to do with a relatively small group of people(6-8)?

Saturday night a group of girls came over to my house, and my buddy was there. It was pretty fun for abit, but got kind of static later on, as we ran out of things to "do". We didn't have any booze, which was a horrible mistake, so we ended up essentially sitting around a table "listening to crickets".

Now we all know that girls are utterly boring, have no initiative, aren't funny, and can't come up with cool ideas so naturally that job fell to me; as usual. This time I actually had no idea what to do, long story short they left after about 2 hours at 9PM.

Some info: it's cold here, so outdoor things is out of the question. I have a car and so do they, so we can go places.

Haha, after reading this it's pretty sad. Anyways, ideas guys?

On a side note, if you have a story where you flipped a potentially boring night into a pretty sweet time, please share...if only for entertainment :)

peace
 

"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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I have a set of poker chips lying around (I think I have 500 or so). Also, I have a wide variety of music on the laptop controllable from a remote, and being able to project visualizations (think WMP, but for Winamp) onto the TV. This makes for quite the setup. Grab a table and chairs (or hell, the floor) and know your texas hold'em rules, blackjack and 5 card stud. Play strip poker for a real kick on things, or if they aren't poker players, crazy eights, go fish, (I even found cribbage is amusing...too much alcohol that night o0).

That, and learn to keep a bottle each of Vodka and Rum, always have Coke and either OJ or Cranberry Juice on hand. ;)
 

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well you lot can hit and bar together. Cinema, bowling, pizza, you know the usual.
 
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