"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.

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If high blood pressure runs through my family, should it affect physical performance?

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I tend to think that I am above average in physical fitness when compared to the average person. But when I check my blood pressure, it usually is something like 139/50 (dafuq?). Sometimes 130/55 or when it gets close to being something normal 127/74. I may have sleep apnea but I'm not certain. My dad has high blood pressure and takes meds for it and he does have sleep apnea. It runs in his side of the family (he is a third worlder though so he should be naturally physically fit from the strenuous activity he did as a kid. He does have that natural old man strength even though he is overweight by like 40 lbs and rarely does physical work anymore though). My mom is rather the opposite at like 99/59 and does not give a flying **** about her own physical fitness. She eats whatever the hell she wants whenever (which isn't a lot granted, but still), has never done any sports as a kid, no physical labor, still doesn't. She may have worked out prolly 15 times max over the course of almost 5 decades, yet has a healthier cardiovascular system than her physically active teenage son. She isn't skinny or fat either, but she doesn't exercise. Born and raised here.

So that's a little bit of my parental background in case anyone here wanted to know for whatever reason. Anyway, I think I have high blood pressure from my dad. Should that affect my physical performance in any way when training or just exercising in general?
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

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.

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Well, I hate celery and am lactose intolerant so that could explain it lol. But I'll look into the other stuff for sure.
 

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celery seed extract is a capsule, not actual celery...
 

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It's ALWAYS better to have the real thing than what the manufacturers are trying to sell you because then you get whatever they were trying to advertise plus a little extra. I'm just saying I hate celery so I've barely ever eaten it throughout my life.
 

"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.

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ImTheDoubleGreatest! said:
It's ALWAYS better to have the real thing than what the manufacturers are trying to sell you because then you get whatever they were trying to advertise plus a little extra. I'm just saying I hate celery so I've barely ever eaten it throughout my life.
In this case its not as the clinical trials were done with this specific extract.
 
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