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.
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
trent81 said:They are freaks I think porn movies were invented in Schlongberg or Stuttgart or whatever. I have seen some very good German porn. They all have big breasts and they seem to be very efficient. You will soon find out.
Sure. And everyone around here is blue-eyed and has blonde hair... :crazy:They all have big breasts.
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.
It definitely is. Although it depends on where you're going. It's true, there are those cities where you won't find many "native" Germans left. But once you leave the urban areas, you'll see that immigrants still are a minority.Ok, that may be a bit of an exaggeration.
Close to Munich? You're kidding, right? :crackup:Grafenwoehr is where I'm going. It is close to Munich.
Energizer said:Can't stand Germans being English. The closest I got to a German bird was screaming "Ten German Bombers" in her face when I was drunk at the World Cup '06. Some of the women are real fire crackers, too bad they're Sour Krauts.
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.
You're right, but I gather that tongue in cheek is above your station? I have a dry sense of humour and unfortunately whenever I meet a German I can't help but do a Basil Fawlty.AlexTheGreat said:Yo Churchill, it might be time for you to get with the program. The war's been over for more than 60 years, and Hitler's been buried for more than that.
There's a thing called Peace that happened![]()
Energizer said:You're right, but I gather that tongue in cheek is above your station? I have a dry sense of humour and unfortunately whenever I meet a German I can't help but do a Basil Fawlty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfl6Lu3xQW0