AFK Protector
Master Don Juan
I thought.....project forum cleanup was under way. This kind of **** takes up webspace you know.
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.
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.
for the record, i did not start it this timeOriginally posted by AFK Protector
I thought.....project forum cleanup was under way. This kind of **** takes up webspace you know.
Five words: "Dirtheart, Where Are You?", beeeyotch!Originally posted by AFK Protector
I thought.....project forum cleanup was under way. This kind of **** takes up webspace you know.
Me either.Originally posted by penkitten
for the record, i did not start it this time
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.
whose old name?Originally posted by check_mate_kid_uk
eternal did, i guess crazy KID is comming back thenthat was your old name right or did i get it wrong
Eternal.Originally posted by penkitten
whose old name?
eternals old nameOriginally posted by penkitten
whose old name?
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 not have the ability to move on and ignore a thread you don't happen to agree with?Originally posted by jonny football hero
You two not have lives?
Wanna cry me a river?Originally posted by jonny football hero
You two not have lives?
Wanna puke me a pond?Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova
Wanna cry me a river?
damn, my bad. Course you have lives.....i mean, you're divorce is still going through right? and penkitten is looking after her god knows how many kids. Where'd you meet? the sad club for desparate losers?Originally posted by Giovanni Casanova
Wanna cry me a river?
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.
Thats not a question moron. It's a statement.Originally posted by Observe And Learn
You not have the ability to move on and ignore a thread you don't happen to agree with?
yah , and you know that to be true because you are the president of the desperate losers club...Originally posted by jonny football hero
damn, my bad. Course you have lives.....i mean, you're divorce is still going through right? and penkitten is looking after her god knows how many kids. Where'd you meet? the sad club for desparate losers?
Wow....i'm impressed with your arguing skills, or lack thereof. just inform me again....which cereal box did you get that off?Originally posted by penkitten
yah , and you know that to be true because you are the president of the desperate losers club...
Then seriously, shut the f*ck up about it. And if you ever see a thread entitled "Giovanni and Penkitten" in the future, I will give you a secret hint... it might have to do with Giovanni and/or Penkitten. So if you have a problem with that, resist the urge to click, dumbass.Originally posted by jonny football hero
To your other point about my life, no i don't post about it, because quite frankly it does not concern you. I expect the same courtesy shown to me about yours. I don't wish to be told about your's and Gio sex lives in every post I read, you've found each other. Great. Good for you, but still, we don't give a monkeys about it.
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.