GREAT WHITE SHARK
Master Don Juan
Can you get aids with a kiss?
"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.
kiss of death? AIDS
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
Giovanni Casanova
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There have been no recorded cases of that happening. It's not inconceivable, but it has never happened before as far as anyone knows.
Health & Fitness, by the way.
Microphone Fiend
Master Don Juan
Unless the person is bleeding profusely from the mouth, than no.... There isn't enough of a blood transfer for kissing to transmit the disease. If so then other things like sneezing could make the disease airbourne.
I thought all schools covered this in Health Education. You can't get it from toilet seats either in case you were wondering
I thought all schools covered this in Health Education. You can't get it from toilet seats either in case you were wondering
diablo
Master Don Juan
Salivia?
"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.
Spike_the_Dragon
Senior Don Juan
I hear that salivia will actual break down and kill the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on contact, so I'm not sure if it could actually survive even in the mouth of an infected person. But if they are bleeding, then I'm sure that you could get it. Best not to take a risk... ask for her AIDS test results and have yours ready as well.
Get tested.
Dude, you are english...
i'm WelshOriginally posted by Spike_the_Dragon
I hear that salivia will actual break down and kill the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on contact, so I'm not sure if it could actually survive even in the mouth of an infected person. But if they are bleeding, then I'm sure that you could get it. Best not to take a risk... ask for her AIDS test results and have yours ready as well.
Get tested.
Dude, you are english...
penkitten
Master Don Juan
Nightwing
Master Don Juan
AIDS/HIV is contracted thru blood, semen, or vaginal secretions via some opening which leads into the bloodstream. The same way hepitis B is contracted--both diseases are bloodborne pathogens. I've never heard of anyone contracting AIDS thru kissing.
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.