"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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"I love you"

Is "I Love You" a new fad term?

  • Yes, I've heard it randomly and frequently lately.

    Votes: 5 71.4%
  • No, it means what it always did: that you have a job and no Duck Dynasty Beard.

    Votes: 2 28.6%

  • Total voters
    7

bigneil

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Is "I love you" becoming a new fad term?

I'm hearing it thrown around a lot more casually, like during the first conversation with girls I meet.

Curious if you guys are hearing it more frequently too.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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just as much as always, which is a lot

the only rare thing about "I love you" is the actual love-love "I love you"
 

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I think that while it is more common... people like to look back on "the old days" and think that people were classier or nicer or more honest or whatever...it's like this idyllic view we have of 50's americana suburbia, but watch something like Mad Men and you realize that people have always been cheating on each other and stuff
 

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my friend's ex said that to him and she dumped him the next day lol. it really doesn't mean anything anymore
 

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bigneil said:
Is "I love you" becoming a new fad term?

I'm hearing it thrown around a lot more casually, like during the first conversation with girls I meet.

Curious if you guys are hearing it more frequently too.
Yes. During my Freshman, and Sophomore year of high-school that term was loosely thrown around as more of a "friendly meaning." This did actually kill the true meaning behind it as I would loosely say it toward girls I was interested in or with. I still hear it thrown around loosely in a more playful-friendly sense, but sometimes I wonder if that person is actually serious or not.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Just another symptom of the over-stimulation of and resultant under-appreciation by the hipster youth. Other such examples of overused adjectives include:

-Amazing
-Awesome
-Hilarious
-Insane
-Mind-blowing
-Awesome
-Innovative
-Epic
-Stunning
-Cutting edge
-Game-changing

None of these descriptions can ever really be objectively applied to any facet of modern popular culture in almost any respect.

For those in need of a bit of light entertainment on the subject, this:

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/HowTo:Be_a_hipster
 

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I had a female customer tell me this recently after I finished a project early. I was like uuuuuuh...ok.
 
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