"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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My life in the sh*tter

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Congratulations bro you've hit rock bottom now life can really begin. Nothing is holding you back in life to do what you want now, today is the first day of your life like a new born baby and it's a beautiful thing.
 

"She's Out of Your League"

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.

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Ok, found this thread again.

I wont go into details but a month ago I had to walk out of a job, a pretty decent paying job because I couldnt handle the stress. I had worked there a month. Naturally I got depressed but what made it even worse was that I had moved to a different area specifically for this position. I ended up emailing a helpline because of the way I was feeling it was so bad.

So what got me out of it? Well, the good thing about feeling depressed and suicidal is that those feelings do not last forever but it sure feels like hell while you are going through it. For me I decided to make a couple of lifestyle changes, meaning changing my diet and quitting drinking. I more or less got back to basics. Because my position was tech related, I decided to study and practice a bit, which increased the confidence that was lost when I quit. Although I still hung out with my friends, I decided to keep to myself and focus on improving my inner game. Of course this meant shifting my focus on meeting women, although I have become really good friends with a girl I met online.

At this point in time I still havent found a job yet, although my motivation is back in bounds and I have been aggressively looking. Because of the situation I am even willing to settle for a crappy $9.00/hr job thats totally not related to my field. I am eating a lot better and am starting to lose the weight I gained during my month of depression. I have been walking and excercising a lot more especially since the gas prices have been so high (paying a dollar a litre here in Canada). Finally, I feel like I am in control of my emotions instead of having my emotions control me. How long this will last I do not know but one thing I do know is that I intend to make the most of it.
 

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There is some golden advice in this thread.

I've just lost the capacity to feel sorry for myself anymore. This is good.
 
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