thefuture
Don Juan
LA, CA
"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.
Don Juans Everywhere!
- Thread starter MoAF
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"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.
BG the HB Tamer
Don Juan
Netherlands / Randstad (**** a province ;-)) / Utrecht & Amsterdam
Sophomakhos
Don Juan
United Kingdom, England (that's right, they're not the same thing!), Oxfordshire, Oxford
Dysfunctional
Don Juan
Sweden, Stockholm, Plattan 
"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.
manila_boy
New Member
Australia / Victoria / Melbourne
Ghettobob
New Member
Netherlands / Noord-Holland/ Amsterdam region
Recovering AFC
Recovering AFC
SilkiSmooth
Don Juan
NYC
NYC, NY (Manhattan)
NYC, NY (Manhattan)
Blatant truth
Don Juan
Southern CT
high_roller77
New Member
- Joined
- Nov 11, 2005
- Messages
- 8
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USA / California / SFV near West Hills and Calabasas
"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.
fallen_eiku
Don Juan
- Joined
- May 19, 2005
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- 14
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- Age
- 40
USA / Virginia / Fairfax
Damian
Senior Don Juan
USA / California/ Palo Alto
irtesev
New Member
USA / Louisiana / New Orleans
"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.
Clover
New Member
Denver / Thornton / Westminster / Northglenn
gunner_syl
New Member
Wisconsin
USA / Wisconsin / Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, and Milwaukee
Looking for wings. Any others out there?
USA / Wisconsin / Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, and Milwaukee
Looking for wings. Any others out there?
VSIDEBOY
Don Juan
UK / Yorkshire / Hull
Criminal Mind
Don Juan
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2005
- Messages
- 81
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Melbourne/Victoria/Australia
"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.