"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
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"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
Master Bates
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"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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However there are some "man purses" out there that really serve no purpose as they are about big enough to fit a wallet, keys, and a pack of smokes. Its pretty much redundant as thats what you have pockets for.
englishman
Master Don Juan
http://mdx9388.k12.sd.us/im luggin it.jpgenglishman said:what else you going to do if you have a load of stuff to carry around? push a ****ing whell barrow around?
"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.
englishman
Master Don Juan
looks like some of the guys i work with.HandyAndy said:
In Motion
Senior Don Juan
Yeah, but he has a gun.HandyAndy said:
In Motion said:Yeah, but he has a gun.
So you can carry one too
Maxtro
Master Don Juan
They even use the same Jack Bauer picture.
I might get a messenger bag if my backpack wasn't perfect. It's designed to carry a laptop in a separate area and it's got more pockets and compartments than I can ever use. Once it dies on me I may get a messenger bag, and a gun to go with it.
http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7341384/c/1162.html
Wow, but a bit too pricey.