TDOT
Don Juan
MACKADOCIOUS!
"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.
Describe yourself in 1 word
- Thread starter diplomatic_lie
- Start date
"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.
LucidDreamer
Don Juan
transcendent
jakethasnake
Master Don Juan
- Joined
- Nov 13, 2001
- Messages
- 3,010
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- 5
Sweet.
Spike_the_Dragon
Senior Don Juan
Ha ha ha.
For some strange reason, I still wanna call you Crazykid everytime I see you around.
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
Spike_the_Dragon
Senior Don Juan
Originally posted by Eternal
That's fine. I don't really care what I'm called as long as it isn't "@sshole."
...Yeah, you're getting alot of that these days huh?
Oh well. If I post on the main forum I get called that and worse alot. Really, I don't give a **** what people call me because they don't even know me.
What can I say... "Empty heads have long tongues."
penkitten
Master Don Juan
mom
Spike_the_Dragon
Senior Don Juan
...Poor Gio.
Run, Gio, run!
penkitten
Master Don Juan
well how rude!Originally posted by Spike_the_Dragon
...Poor Gio.
Run, Gio, run!
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Giovanni Casanova
Master Don Juan
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2002
- Messages
- 5,550
- Reaction score
- 18
- Age
- 47
- Location
- Hiding in Penkitten's Linen Closet
Her daughter thinks she IS Stephanie from Full House. I don't know where she watches it... does that come on Nick at Nite or something? That show is old.
penkitten
Master Don Juan
i did, have mercy!
penkitten
Master Don Juan
yes and then we watch roseanne...
Mr. Delicious
Senior Don Juan
scandalicious
Is that a word
Is that a word
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"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.
Giovanni Casanova
Master Don Juan
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2002
- Messages
- 5,550
- Reaction score
- 18
- Age
- 47
- Location
- Hiding in Penkitten's Linen Closet
Not a real word but close enough.Originally posted by Mr. Delicious
scandalicious
Is that a word
GlutusMaximus86
Master Don Juan
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2002
- Messages
- 638
- Reaction score
- 1
Reserved
m4a1
Senior Don Juan
blasé
The accent makes it sound cool.
It's not the word-of-the-day on my calender... *whisles*..
The accent makes it sound cool.
It's not the word-of-the-day on my calender... *whisles*..
idiot_boyfriend
Senior Don Juan
awesomicklmaticness
or
just plain ol', "Me".
or
just plain ol', "Me".
"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.