MacAvoy
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Do you's read every thread? If not, then how do you know where the problems are? Do you divide the work amongst yourselves in the forums your responsible for, or is it all indepent, if your around, you do what you can?
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.
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
We can't release ALL of our secrets...MacAvoy said:Do you's read every thread? If not, then how do you know where the problems are? Do you divide the work amongst yourselves in the forums your responsible for, or is it all indepent, if your around, you do what you can?
And who polices Santa Clause LOLDesdinova said:You know how Santa Claus knows if you've been naughty or nice? We have that natural instinct, and it leads us to the bad posts.
I hated those pledge frat boy like tasksTheVirtualMind said:We can't release ALL of our secrets...
But, you notice how we take on atleast 3 new mods everytime we need people? They are the ones that have to read EVERY thread. Infact, they have to go through every old thread too and make sure that we didn't miss anything.![]()
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.
That would be Mrs. Claus. Then again, he does fly around the world to get away from her...MacAvoy said:And who polices Santa Clause LOL
For me, it's like this:Rollo Tomassi said:We sift through inboxes every day 50 messages deep with titles like:
"This is uncalled for"
"Ban this Troll?"
"Racist"
"More Spam"
"Is Flaming Allowed Now?
Etc. etc. etc.,...
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.