"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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Does your mom annoy you?

Building_and_Loan

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lol I saw the title and thought I was going to read an account of a truly awful experience or lifelong tale of misery at the hands of your mother.

I can't believe how mad you are that your mom wanted to spend time with you. Lighten up man, it's not so bad.
 

"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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Let me call up my 18 and 22 year old sons and ask them if i can drag them around all day and buy them doughnuts. .. they would do it for me and the doughnuts!
 

ImTheDoubleGreatest!

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Let me call up my 18 and 22 year old sons and ask them if i can drag them around all day and buy them doughnuts. .. they would do it for me and the doughnuts!
I wish my mom would buy me doughnuts.....Then again, she never buys me anything lol. She barely cares to cook hahaha. Don't even get me started on cleaning....

Well, the fact is that all these people love their parent because they no longer live with them. Well ****, put yourself in this guy's shoes, people! Can you stand living with your parents again? My dad loves my grandma to death but HATES it when she stays over. It's gonna be a true test of his [and my mother's] grit to see if they can handle being with her for 1-2 months cuz she wants to move in with us for a bit for whatever reason and my dad couldn't reason with her not to haha.
 
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