"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.

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MMA Gloves (training or Fight)

itishe

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I'm looking to start training for MMA I will be sparring and using bags for the most part until I actually start fighting down the road possibly. I don't see much difference between training and fight gloves.

Go with fighting then or be better off by buying training gloves first?
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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Bluesteak

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I believe training gloves have more padding on them and fight gloves are the regulation thickness like the ones the pros use in UFC.
 

AmpleReason

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We never use gloves in Jiu Jitsu
 

SharinganUser

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Get the training gloves first. No one is going to want to be your sparring partner if you keep injuring them.
 

"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.

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eldafar

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Bluesteak said:
I believe training gloves have more padding on them and fight gloves are the regulation thickness like the ones the pros use in UFC.
What he said.:rock:
 
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