"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.

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For those who have had the honor of already being fathers.
Do you act like idiots in the presence of small children, making faces or making little voices like you do with dogs?

I see this very often, I can't understand if it is appropriate behavior.
 

"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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For those who have had the honor of already being fathers.
Do you act like idiots in the presence of small children, making faces or making little voices like you do with dogs?

I see this very often, I can't understand if it is appropriate behavior.
May I suggest you do some babysitting sometime? Good practice
 

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For those who have had the honor of already being fathers.
Do you act like idiots in the presence of small children, making faces or making little voices like you do with dogs?

I see this very often, I can't understand if it is appropriate behavior.
Why do you care if you do not have one?
 

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Do you act like idiots in the presence of small children...
I personally require neither offspring of my own, nor the presence of someone else's wee bairns and lasses to do so


"I see this very often, I can't understand if it is appropriate behavior"

In comparison to

-Yanking a newborn girl from her mother's arms, roasting DD over a fire pit like a cannibal lua, then devouring the infant, while her mums watches on, distraught and helpless

-Slicing a 3 year old boy's pants and Iron Man underooos off his body with a Bowie knife, bending him over, then going to town without the benefit of lube, whilst livestreaming this event for the entire planet's enjoyment





Yeah, making faces and silly voices is exceptionally benign behavior
 

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For those who have had the honor of already being fathers.
Do you act like idiots in the presence of small children, making faces or making little voices like you do with dogs?

I see this very often, I can't understand if it is appropriate behavior.
It isn’t probably a good move if you have to force it bc you will come off like a pedophile. If you have a lot of experience and you genuinely feel warm to kids go ahead - but be sure you understand what you’re doing. Also why the question, are you trying to get with a MILF?
 

"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.

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Do you act like idiots in the presence of small children, making faces or making little voices like you do with dogs?
I have never done this with my children or our dog.
 

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Que???

Ofcourse you'll be making silly faces. A child goes through an entire process , where different behaviours are used take them "feel good". Fesmall.to bigg3r child 6o teenageer to adolescent to grown man / woman. And at some point you'll be a grandfather and the process repeats itself, knowing its YOUR bloodline. You might not even grow old and see that baby become a man / woman.


This my friend, are the things we need as humans to let go of that enteral " Dirty Harry-Terminator- esque mask. That mask by the way is the REAL burden: being unable to be oneself is the real pain of life.
 

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I don't understand why if someone asks a question you assume 100% that person has some shortcomings in that area.

And not that they do it in a genuine way to want to know more.

I have 3 nephews, so I've always had this thing having seen men become "little girls" with children, while others, still be cold and indifferent.

I never understood, from the perspective of a child, what it means to know someone act that way and the other way around.

Also, what women usually think about when men behave in a certain way?
 

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Do you recall nothing from your own childhood? Were your parents cold and stoic and unemotional? Babies learn and bond from non verbal interactions with parents and others.

So this is normal behavior.

Borrow your nephews and take them for ice cream. Be playful & interact with them. Best wing you can have as a single man is a little kid. Women will open you & chat with you.
 
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