"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

Read more...

Some advice on a tacky issue

Nikar

Don Juan
Joined
Jun 24, 2005
Messages
112
Reaction score
4
Ok, come this week (Fri), some of the female colleagues want me to show them my high school photos, and they'll share theirs to me as well.

Problem is: I don't have any photos from high-school or college cos' I'm a loner back then and don't take photos.
The only photos I took were those in the compulsory school annual yearbooks.

So, on that day, what do I do? What should I say to brush it off?

Btw, I only started becoming "social" early this year. Damn.

Thanks!
Nikar
 

"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.

Read more...

TravisBickle

Don Juan
Joined
Jul 18, 2007
Messages
30
Reaction score
0
hey, just brush it off, thinking it's just a silly idea and you were busy. Say something like "oh yea, sorry, i forgot". The funny thing, if this wasn't a worry for you and you had lots of pics lying around, you probably would have actually forgot anyway. Look at their pictures with them and joke around and laugh. g' luck
 

MacAvoy

Banned
Joined
May 10, 2003
Messages
2,940
Reaction score
35
Location
Northern Ontario
I usually don't have too much advice for newbs but I like your style and the fact that your actually making progress.

You got 2 options, the first is either go and come up with an excuse why you forgot, at which point, people may hound you later and hold you accountable.

The second option is to go with only your yearbook photo, and be straight up, laugh it off how you were a loner back then, that you were a late bloomer. As long as you keep a positive demeanor while your doing it, it won't come back to bite you in the azz.

Don't be ashamed of your past, its what made you who you are today. Learn & grow from it.
 
Top