You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
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.
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.
Originally posted by Alpine
Sorry, English, have you never heard of Snake Oil?
How's it going?
Originally posted by Alpine
Yeah, sorry C., I'm in a mischievous mood at the moment, it's not big and it's not funny.
I should be a copy writer for Weider or something
I did one the other day, caused all sorts or consternation, I think the thread ended up getting pulled.
I just read so much bull****, I thought I spread some too.
Seriously though, people tell me I look a lot younger than I am. Apart from the fact I'm not a big sun worshiper and I've still got most of my hair, something that I've always done is drink gallons of tea.
I reckon I must drink 10-15 cups a day. I have maybe one coffee, but mainly tea.
I remember being in a trench on 'hard duty' once, everyone else was dying for a fag, all I wanted was a brew, withdrawal symptom on tea
Turns out tea has lots of anti-oxidants, and oxygen is what is slowly destroying your body when free radicals are produced.
So drink tea if you want to live.