"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

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.

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Got fired, for making an apparent honest mistake, do I have a case?

Stagger Lee

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I don't think your financial career is necessarily ruined. But 2 things you cannot trust anyone with is money and women. Even your best friend will backstab you over money and women.
 

"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.

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Stagger Lee said:
But 2 things you cannot trust anyone with is money and women. Even your best friend will backstab you over money and women.

You have horrible friends if they're backstabbing you over 10s of dollars, and there must've been warning signs way before this.
 

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mrRuckus said:
You have horrible friends if they're backstabbing you over 10s of dollars, and there must've been warning signs way before this.
Ya there were. I hear it from my dad and my ex every chance they get. He was a loser that had to go to rehab for a drug overdose 2 years ago. Not to mention he's a pothead now, doesn't do hard drugs anymore but smokes weed every chance he gets, and when I was working for a telecom company making almost 50k in college, I referred him to my district manager for an open position, he actually got hired. I told him to not get high for the next month during the interview process because he will get drug tested. He got high a day before his drug test and lost the job offer. I tried referring someone else to my DM after that, he said "they have to apply online"

Trust me, I learned my lesson big time. I have a small social circle now.
 

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If you can't trust you best friends and girlfriend with any amount of money then you should really question if they are your friends or not.

I once let a buddy barrow $1k after knowing him for about 12 hours,it was a friend of a friend,while we were on vacation. Payed me back promptly. Just put yourself around good level (employed) headed people and you have nothing to worry about.
 

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blinkwatt101 said:
If you can't trust you best friends and girlfriend with any amount of money then you should really question if they are your friends or not.

I once let a buddy barrow $1k after knowing him for about 12 hours,it was a friend of a friend,while we were on vacation. Payed me back promptly. Just put yourself around good level (employed) headed people and you have nothing to worry about.
True, key word is 'employed' lol
 

"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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mrRuckus said:
You have horrible friends if they're backstabbing you over 10s of dollars, and there must've been warning signs way before this.
True but horrible friends are a dime a dozen and good ones are rarer. That was my point that most people can't be trusted with money and women.
 
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