"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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ArtVandelay

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There's a similar thread about HB10's going on, but I'm making a different point.

Some of you may remember a thread I posted about a month ago about wanting to sleep with a stripper so badly that I was willing to pay her. I followed up last week by saying that I haven't been to the strip club since and don't even remember what she looks like.

Looking back on it, I wasn't giving myself enough credit. I was admittedly drooling over her when I saw her at the bar talking to some old AFC. I went over, and when I talked to her, it was actually a let-down. Hearing her repeat the same questions, "So you're here on a Tuesday night with you're friends, why? You guys just decided it would be cool to go to a strip club?" Seeing her naked was also a let-down. She looked too perfect, her head down to her feet. Couldn't find a flaw on her. At the time, I was so caught up in seeing a so-called "HB10" and low in self-esteem that I thought, "The only way I'll ever have sex with an above average looking girl is to pay for it." Obviously, I came to my senses and realized that I don't have to pay to have sex with an above average looking woman, but more importantly, I realized, women, just like anything else in life, aren't meant to look perfect. This girl was like the Yankees: sound good on paper with so many superstars on their team, but it doesn't equal team chemistry and a winning formula.

I see guys posting pictures of models and porn stars on here and can't help but think, "Would you actually want to go out with such a woman?" I'm not saying looks don't matter, I'm saying that I'd rather take the 8 with a more unique look (Yes, another nod to Winona Ryder) and personality than the perfect, robotic girl.
 

"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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When we can't have what we want, we turn our backs to it. It's the best revenge. But don't worry it is human to rationalize, and but you should be grateful you get to see a perfect 10 naked.
 

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"When we can't have what we want, we turn our backs to it."

I don't think so. I recently spent 5 months chasing a girl who had no interest in me. My point was that the perfect 10 is like the guitar player (Joe Satriani, for example, for those guitarists out there) who plays a million notes a second but can't slow down and play a melody with feeling.
 
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