http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...r-midlife-romeos/story-e6frg6zo-1225866688363
can't wait til i turn 30...:trouble:
can't wait til i turn 30...:trouble:
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.
Maybe I'm more of a catch than I thought (and I know I'm a good catch).For instance, of the 259,000 available men in their 50s, only 34,000 have degrees (13 per cent) and 20,000 (8 per cent) earn more than $83,000 a year.
I'll be 50 before the end of the year (wow, 49 is going fast). Assuming my girlfriend and I don't break up I'll be one of the 2.7 percent!Most (61 per cent) of men in their 50s stick to their own age group but plenty find themselves younger women: 30 per cent choose women in their 40s and 2.7 per cent women in their 30s.
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.