"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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High school crush

In_the_Wild

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Hi! I graduated 1 year ago from high school. During the last year or so of high school, I had this crush on a girl there. She was a real popular girl, with a lot of friends, but probably no more than a 7,5 - 8. We never talked much, but when we did, our conversation was great, and she seemed to like me. In never had the balls to do shyt about it though.

At the time a wrote her 2 poems (which are really, really beautiful, but probably as desperate and ass-kissing as the most desperate Bryan Adams stuff). Now, I had always had a plan of giving these to her sometime. I wanted to just call her (having her number from the phone book, not from her) and tell her I had something that was her's, and we must get 2gether:nervous: . But I've been having second thoughts. I only get this shot at this chick, and there's no rush.

What should I do? And should I show her the poems at all?
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

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.

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Deadly_Ripped

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I would save the poems for afteryou two hit it off, so you'l flatter her once she's comfortable around you instead of freak out that a year after not being around you're all of a sudden dropping these gushy lines on her.

Don't want any longer though because the longer you wait she more out of the blue it'll be. Also, don't tell her that you've got something of hers, just tell her that you wanted to catch up on how things are going over some lunch of coffee. Something neutral where you can see if she's interested without pressuring her, because if you haven't been in touch since high school you don't want to freak her out with love poems or anything right away.
 

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The sad thing is.. even though it works on tv and the movies if you showed the poems they'd probally be creeped out and then joke about it with friends.

Especially if you just suddenly phone her up by looking in the phone-book.

Still since you never see her, you could give it a shot. She WILL be creeped out though, and you do have a SMALL chance at getting some and a ZERO chance of being with her. If you call her up, make plans, be fun, and then eventually show the poems and spill it.. you may get some. But your never going to be with her.. you should probally move on.
 

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The thing is this: I don't really have any other good reason to see her. I wasn't planning on acting as though I still felt like I did in those poems. Hell no. More like: Hey, you know, back then, I had this big crush on you. Wrote this stuff. Thought it would be a pity if you never got to see them, since I did put a lot of effort into it then. You can have them a nice thing to remember.

See, I didn't want to seduce her with the poems. I just wanted them as an excues for phoning her up. That would be out of the blue: but with a clear point, that the poems shouldn't have been for nothing. And then I act like she's just any girl to me, until I can take it from there (I'm quite good at getting on with girls, once I'm out with them, I just don't have enough dates to be happy bout it).
 

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If she won't come see you just to see you, then don't give her the satisfaction of knowing that you had a massive crush on her, spent all that time writing poems, and then never got any. If she won't meet up to talk or chill, then toss the poems or save them for someone really special whom you'll find later who'll turn out to be truly deserving of your attention and creativity.
 

"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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mungro

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all i have to say is, if you give her those poems, make some photocopies, so you can you re-use that stuff... and if it works, send it my way. lol
 
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