"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
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"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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"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
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"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
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Freddy Adu?Originally posted by thefonz
I like the 17 year kid from Chicago that's a phenom......America breeds the best althletes in the world........
By the way, america has a long way to go until they become even near the top of the soccer world
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Not Quite There
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Keane is a winner!
He don't take **** off anyone!!
personally though, i think its all about Ian rush and GAZZA!
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has anyone seen http://www.greenstreethooligans.com/ yet?
I went to see it last sunday, wicked film!! way better than football factory.
To all you americans, it will give you a better idea why you don't want to be calling football 'soccer' as frodo finds out. :crackup:
"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.
naoi deag se deag
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Not as far as England! According to the most recent rankings, the US are 7th, ahead of Spain, Portugal, England, Italy, and Germany, among others.
USA in 2010!
My 5 year old girly-girl:
http://homepage.mac.com/ladycentaur/PhotoAlbum6.html
I'm going to have to stand guard with a shotgun over her when she gets older.
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Yeah, but how did U.S.A get there? By playing dozens of insignificant friendlies against teams such as Costa Rica, which meant they got points and went up the rankings. While just a couple of months ago a reserve England side beat the USA 2-1.Originally posted by naoi deag se deag
Not as far as England! According to the most recent rankings, the US are 7th, ahead of Spain, Portugal, England, Italy, and Germany, among others.
USA in 2010!
The FIFA rankings dont mean much, for instance Italy, not even in the top ten, even though they are one of the greatest football nations.
Getting higher in the rankings due to victories over weak teams may look good on paper, but means nothing when the players go out on to the pitch. Experience is vital.
Don't get me wrong, the U.S.A. are getting better all the time, but they have a long way to go if they are going to be able to compete regularly against teams such as Brazil, France or even teams like the Czech Republic. But if they can produce more players like Adu then you have a great chance in the future
"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.