AFK Protector
Master Don Juan
I thought.....project forum cleanup was under way. This kind of **** takes up webspace you know.
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.