"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.
Picking up Flight attendants while at work
- Thread starter Contrails
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"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Maximus Rex
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Don't mess with your co-workers or chicks that work for your airline. You have too much to lose.Contrails said:
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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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He said he's a passenger...not one who works for the airlines...I got nothing for you OP...I just have this image of Leo DiCaprio in Catch me if You can, strolling through the airport surrounded by about a dozen hot stewardesses that he conned into helping him sneak by the FBI. I hope this ends up being you.Maximus Rex said:
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Hahaha. Plenty of truth there.papawapa said:
But, in all seriousness, I really like Espi's answer. You have to be discreet when she's surrounded by lots of passengers.
Maximus Rex
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In another thread, dude mentioned that he was a pilot and my assumption is that he would flying on a buddy pass, (flying for free on the airline.) Sooner or later, it wil come up that dude is a pilot. Y'all need to quit with this advising dudes to jeopardize their jobs by hollerin' at chicks they work with.gravityeyelids said:
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
Picking her up on the plane would have been much harder. Consider other passengers as better targets if there are any cute ones.