Trainwreck
Master Don Juan
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I'm 24 too, so is this common. Also, my gf is seeing this and keeps bugging about it, but I don't want to get married and waste money on a stupid ass wedding.
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.
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.
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.
Delete Chickbook...I did and it was a great decision...I was married for 17 years don't do it..enjoy your freedom.Part of the reason why I deleted facebook. Listen, I don't really care how much they show off at their wedding. Let them. I just always felt like that creepy uncle peering in on their lives with all the pictures they post.
More like everyone is being sheep, following what society tells them they're "supposed" to do. Women are socially sensitive beings who need to be part of a herd. If the herd is getting married, she doesn't want to stand out.I'm 24 too, so is this common. Also, my gf is seeing this and keeps bugging about it, but I don't want to get married and waste money on a stupid ass wedding.
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.
That why I screen for willingness to work. That takes space and time.Most women are really in love with the idea of their princess day, I mean wedding day than the actual marriage.
Once reality sets in, they realize marriage is not an easy trip. Same for the man.
She just wants to build a nest. I think you are right to hold off getting married. 30 is a good age for a man to marry because it gives you time. Do you love her? If so, tell her you will think about it when you are 30. If she sticks it out with you for that long and you still love each other. It will probably work out. Also if she is older she may be less inclined to waste all that money on a stupid wedding day.I'm 24 too, so is this common. Also, my gf is seeing this and keeps bugging about it, but I don't want to get married and waste money on a stupid ass wedding.
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.
A LOT of people have a very different idea of what marriage should be versus what it is in reality. Since it doesn't live up to their fairy tale expectations, they bale because they remember all the "good times" they had when they were single, and for women especially riding the carousel sure wasn't as difficult as working on marital problems. So naturally leaving all that sort of "resolves" the problems they had in marriage all the while not realizing they themselves are broken in some capacity. It takes real work to see that your own personality needs to be just a bit more accomodating, or maybe a little more selfless, or realize that you simply will not have time to yourself for your own wants, etc., etc....stuff...
This is the essence of how women see men. Women want to live in a world where they run around chasing butterflies while the men in their lives move everything out of the way so she can do this, and you only stop her when she's about to run out into traffic. The key to maintaining a long term relationship with a chick is to know the difference between when you should and should not stop her, because by and large she has no fvcking idea what is going to hurt her... she is being dragged around by her emotions.These women are living in a fantasy land. And if you as a man can't or won't keep that fantasy alive she's on to the next one till she runs out of credits and is forced to be a cat woman in an apartment in the valley.
The same goes for kids. They like the idea of marriage and having kids(that's why you won't find a woman coddling a little baby), but they don't understand just how much more goes into it.Most women are really in love with the idea of their princess day, I mean wedding day than the actual marriage.
Once reality sets in, they realize marriage is not an easy trip. Same for the man.
What do you mean by 'work' exactly? Like can you provide me with specific examples of what they have to do to make the relationship continue vs what they ACTUALLY do?Some girls, I meet... they do talk about ''a relationship is not just feelings, its communication, commitment but WORK'' .... which I believe alot of youth forget cause they in the butterfly phase and let that guide them.
Its called by the older génération.: CompromiseThe same goes for kids. They like the idea of marriage and having kids(that's why you won't find a woman coddling a little baby), but they don't understand just how much more goes into it.
What do you mean by 'work' exactly? Like can you provide me with specific examples of what they have to do to make the relationship continue vs what they ACTUALLY do?