"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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ProDJ26

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iM f*CKN pissed, I just lost $1,000 + dollars. I had it in my coat pocket to put in the bank this morning. ( I had to switch bank cuz the other one was taking money from my account.) This is real ****ed up cuz now My rent is due, along with my car note. :cuss: :cuss: :cuss: :cuss: :cuss: :cuss: :cuss:
 

"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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I just lost $130 a few days ago - it just vanished!!!
 

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Dave Ramsey calls something like this stupid tax.

If you learn from it, it wasn't necessary a bad thing to have happened to you.
 

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Since I don't pay income taxes, I guess I get hit with the stupid tax. I'm constantly losing large sums of money. It comes with being irresponsible and having too much disposable income.
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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ps, don't worry about you do this about 4-5 times, you don't get as mad at yourself, you learn to accept it

someone slap me, I'm self depracating now
 

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Expensive lesson to learn...

Carry stuff in your hand, in your wallet, or in a zipped pocket. I've had money fall out of my pockets many times because I reach in to pull something else out and it accidentally falls out at the same time.

When I go traveling, I only have limited money in my wallet even. I tie a special thin bag around my waist under my tshirt. It's come in handy a few times as well.

So yeah, hard lesson to learn but all you should think about now is making sure it never happens again.
 

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MacAvoy said:
Since I don't pay income taxes, I guess I get hit with the stupid tax. I'm constantly losing large sums of money. It comes with being irresponsible and having too much disposable income.
I have a bank account u can dispose of all unnecessary cash you might have... :whistle:
 

I.A.F.Y.B.

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It's ok to make a mistake. But, make the same mistake twice than your an idiot.
 

TheHumanist

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Omfg Today Is The Best Day Of My Life!!! I Just Found A Wad Of 1000 Dollars On The Ground!!!!
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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i got ripped off for $260 once. ATM scam. My old "friend"'s crackhead girlfriend said she "didnt have any cash" so asked if she could write me a check so i can deposit it in the ATM machine and she can get the cash back....i fell for it, the stupid, young, dumb ignorant AFC i was. and a couple weeks later i got a letter in the mail from Bank Of America saying the check had bounced. I wanted to kill the b!tch....

Those were the days of my life where i was strung out on meth around the time i was 18-20, not good times. Did really stupid things in my life but i learned from them.
 

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Do you even know how it feels to make a dollar? His mommy and daddy dont give him all the money he wants.
It took me 3 months to earn £1000, so obviously i do. I wasted it all on alcohol and other useless stuff within a few weeks, i was pissed off at the time when i realised what I had done, but it just taught me to be alot more careful with my money. Pro dj hasn't even said how he lost it, he might have gambled it all away...
 

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I've realised was wrong to laugh, so sorry. I hope your rent turned out ok.
 

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just so suave said:
I've realised was wrong to laugh, so sorry. I hope your rent turned out ok.
Very DJ move to apologize. A Don Juan doesn't need to acct like a bully (laugh at others/make fun of others to make himself feel better.


just so suave said:
Pro dj hasn't even said how he lost it, he might have gambled it all away...
If you read the CONTEXT of his post, you would realize that he was taking it out from one bank to another, and had it in his coat pocket, and he lost it in between the two banks somehow.
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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