Practicing on Dummy Girl

"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.

h2o

Banned

Aug 31, 2005

Originally posted by DJDamage
I know a dude who once told me that he went down on a chick who had a strange taste and odur and he felt something wet and sticky on his face and nose, so after he was done he looked in the miror and his face was covered with blood. The chick never told him she was on her period!! that is messed up alright.

hey thanks Damage, yeah, that guy you spoke of sounds almost exactly like my situation. and i didn't know her so well.

yeah, i read LIT's response...it's similar to something he wrote me...damn, he's very right. i got very lucky, and i'm never going "down south" again.

sh*t had i read that thread, i wouldn't have been in this situation, but thanks still. i definitely learned from this.

"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.