"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.
I joined the Marines Now I need tips on how brutal Boot Camp is going to be
- Thread starter kulowiper
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"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
kulowiper
Don Juan
penkitten
Master Don Juan
how come you didnt talk to the recruiter and do like a week of training stuff to see if you could stand running until you vomited before you signed up?
Brian20o2
Master Don Juan
also i saw a special in the whole camp and to me it looks like the 1st week is the worst, because they yell at you nonstop and just almost run u down, but in a good way. the rest just looked like lots of hard labor training.
i think ima join too whether or not i go to college.
if you think that stuff sounds too hard these a delayed entry prog were your recruter will get u ready for boot camp
Semper Fi!
penkitten
Master Don Juan
thats where you meet up with a bunch of other guys doing the same thing as you and the recruiter makes you run until you puke. you cant stop until you do.
"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.