"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.
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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.
PRMoon
Master Don Juan
Wait are you talking about a Sauna or a Steam Room? Most of the Suanas around town are dry with electrical heaters and hot rocks so you can't put water on them or you'll start an electrical fire. The steam rooms are usually mist filled and the steam itself is creating all of the heat. I prefer steam rooms but recetly I've been sick so I've been hitting the sauna and using a fine eucalyptis spray on the rocks (so it doesn't short the system) to clear my sinuses.BluEyes said:The sauna benefits your skin more than anything else. It cleans the toxins/bacteria out of your pores. The heat causes your pores to expand and open, and the steam helps the toxins/bacteria come out. It's important, actually its very important, to take a COLD shower right after using a sauna. By taking a cold shower, it closes your pores again so oils and bacteria can't get in. Our house has a sauna in it(i know im superlucky), and you just motivated me to start utilizing it again!
If I were you, I'd look abit closer at the sauna equipment to see if it really was intended for water or not. Our's doesn't look like it should be, but there's a tap built into the wall right beside it and the wires going into the wall are thickly insulated.
PRMoon
Master Don Juan
Yeah it's the same thing and there's a sign above it that says "This is a DRY sauna. Pouring water or anyother liquid on these rocks will cause damage to the electrical system or fire"BluEyes said:Ours is just a small room made of cedar, with a Sauna machine in one corner. It's called a Saunamatic(the machine). It's electrical, and has those cylindrical tubes you find in most oven, the ones that glow orange. It has the hotrocks ontop, and is basically enclosed in a steel box. It, however, was built for water to be poured on it! You pour the water on the hotrocks and the steam fills the room.
If I were you, I'd look abit closer at the sauna equipment to see if it really was intended for water or not. Our's doesn't look like it should be, but there's a tap built into the wall right beside it and the wires going into the wall are thickly insulated.
To which I say no thank you. You can spray a fine mist on the rocks but the electrical department advised me not to do anything other then that.
Off to the steam room for water vapor.
"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.