dj ben2
Senior Don Juan
when i do deads squats and bench i RARELY ache even though i go all out on them until my arms and legs wobble ..... does the lack of aching mean i should be doing more ?
"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.
i rarely ache
- Thread starter dj ben2
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"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
WesCottII
Master Don Juan
No.
Skilla_Staz
Master Don Juan
I second the No.
Soreness doesn't equal an effective workout. It just means you have microtears and lactic acid built up in your muscles, I think...
I'm rarely, if ever sore after a back workout, but thats my best physical feature...
Soreness doesn't equal an effective workout. It just means you have microtears and lactic acid built up in your muscles, I think...
I'm rarely, if ever sore after a back workout, but thats my best physical feature...
I'll go ahead and third that. Soreness is completely unrelated to the effectiveness of your workouts. If anything, soreness may indicate insufficient protein consumption, especially on an ongoing basis (personally I'm always sore my first time back after a long break from lifting).
"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.