"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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Is there hope for this guy? What a frickin mess...sort of my fault I guess.

cactus3178

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Okay, story time.

Damn, I thought I was in bad shape. I went out to the bar last night with a friend, and my ex g/f's cousin and his fiance showed up...

First, let me lay some groundwork. Me and my ex's cousin have been friends with each other for years. We'll call him Al. So a long time before Al and his fiance (who I've known a long tiome too) got together, me and her slept together a couple times. Nothing serious (at least on my part), as far as I was concerned, it was only sex. Neither one of us were involved with anyone else, and I would never cheat or be involved with somebody who had a g/f, etc anyway.

So fast forward about 4 years and the two of them are engaged. I heard about it a while back and I was kind of surprised, as was everybody else. They'd broken up a few times, got back together, but always with problems. Al has what could only be described as total lack of confidence and the worst insecurity I've ever seen in all my days.

So here's what unfolded:

They showed up at the bar and we all said hi and ordered some beers and shots. Everything was cool for a while, then Al started getting pissy at his fiance for talking to the bartender. WTF? Anyhow, we all ended up going up the street to another bar for more beer, and shortly after we got there, the **** hit the fan.

Al had like 5-6 beers and a couple shots, so I guess he was buzzin a bit. Al got pissed when his fiance wouldn't talk to him 100% of the time. He got pissed when she talked to any guy, especially me....so I was just chillin on the other end of the bar BSing with some friends, and I hear them start yelling at each other. He's cussing her out, he wouldn't let her leave her seat, he wouldn't even let her go to the bathroom by herself. He stood outside the damn door while she went.

Finally, it was bar time and a couple friends of mine, Al, Al's sister, and Al's g/f went outside before me and I tipped my friend the bartender while they got in the car - or so I thought.

I go outside and Al's taking a swing at his fiance. Damn lucky for her, he missed and ended up on his ass. He popped back up and took another swing, this time at my buddy, so he grabs Al and holds him. I came out with my beer to go, and asked WTF was going on. So Al gets in my face and I set down my beer and asked him what the hell his problem was.

He says "Let's go mother****er". I tried to find out what the hell his problem was, but he wasn't hearing it, so I put my fists up and said okay, then he just takes off down the street, crying. At this point, I didn't have a damn clue what was going on, so I follow him and he just sits down in the middle of the road. Just ****ing sits down crying his eyes out. I pulled him up and told him to get ahold of himself. I told him there's no way in hell he should act that way, and he told me he didn't trust his fiance, etc. I asked him if that was the case, why the hell would he marry her.

We get back to the car and he started screaming at his g/f and so his sister tells him to get in the ****ing car, that she's taking him home with her. He flips out and punches his own damn sister, so like 4 of us ended up pouncing on his ass and throwing him in the back seat. His g/f goes with us in my friend's truck and we leave. We headed up the mountain to kill some time and let everybody cool off before we take her home to captain ****head.

--in the meantime--

Al gets dropped off at his parent's house, jacks his parent's car (still fairly plastered) and goes to MY house, and of course, I'm gone. From what I hear from the neighbors, he honked for quite some time and keep in mind that it's 3:00am at this point.

So we finally get her back home and I went to bed still trying to figure out WTF happened.


--Now I know what happened--

I found out this morning that Al's fiance told him that she has always been in love with ME, and that she always will!! ****! WTF?! So a wedding may well be called off because of this crap.

I had no idea. I'm not at all interested in her and it looks like I may have lost a friend through no fault of my own. What can you really do? I don't know how to help him, and I can't help feeling sort of at fault.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Tails

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he punched his sister? lol. Al sounds like a cokhead.
 

o14liquid

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was it a left jab?
thats not cool to hit ur sis


only thing u can do for him is talk to him sho i dunno, never really been in a situation liek that.
 

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He's lucky to have you as a friend. I probably would have either Kicked his ass, or called the cops, maybe both, depending on my mood.

Swinging at women is wrong, swinging at friends is high treason, driving drunk is stupidity. Drunk as drunk can be I've never done the above, and expect my friends to do the same (as they do with me).
 
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