miniPIMPIN
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post a list of things to say when u hit akward silence. or if anyone knows any links that would help me that would be great.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
Don't feel like you HAVE to say anything. But it might be a good time for an activity transition. "Hey, let's do this!" Or if it's just a pickup (not a date), that's your time to get the digits and eject.miniPIMPIN said:post a list of things to say when u hit akward silence. or if anyone knows any links that would help me that would be great.
So this one time I was banging this chick right....Francisco d'Anconia said:"Tell me a story."
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.
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.
hahaha f'ing hilarious... Love seinfield... brilliant writing.JuanMoore said:Everytime you hit an awkward silence, remember the Seinfeld episode where he says he hasn't kissed certain woman because he and she have really great conversations and they never hit awkward silences.
But on the next scene, they are talking. Next thing they hit an awkward silence and they kiss.
Really funny.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
hah thats hilarous dude. thanks.Randallpink83 said:"My dads gay..."
"do you prefer hip-hop or country?"
"My little sister has a new boyfriend... i think he is a punk, you think thats normal for me to be protective?"
"What size are you're tits?"
"..have you everrrrr had a lesbian experience?"
"I'm thinking of dying my hair blonde, what do you think?"
"I tend to get alot of dingleberrys, do you have any crack-hair? do you even know what a dingleberry is?"
"This awkward silence you have forced me into is really turning me on!"
"Have you ever been attracted to a cartoon character?" (the answer will always be yes)
"Do I have anything in my teeth?"
"you're amazing looking, your so hot looking that I bet you're feet are just butt ugly nasty looking... cause no one is perfect.. ewww just thinking of your feet is so nasty my mom might puke"
"My moms gay"
"My brothers gay"
"I want to go on a trip somehwhere.. recommend any good vacation spots?
"please sit on my face"
"I sometimes get this weird urge to slap a persons face... usually a girls"
"...so the other day I was wearing my manly G-String.. Backwards"
"Do you have a smoke... You nasty cancer patient"
"OMG do you smell that?.. jesus, I hope thats not coming from you"
"Do you have a friend named sally by chance?"
"I feel so good right now, I went on a huge hike yesterday. You ever feel your muscles ache but it just feels right for some reason?"
"I have a weird tendancy to drink pepto-bismol as a beverage"
"Yesterday I was chased by a pack of wild dogs... I narrowly escaped death because they started fvcking each other"
"ohhhh Fvck"
"fvck... you know what I just remebered? ....ARGHGHHHH FVCK"
"Goddammit fvck... **** you know what I just remembered... its a good thing you stopped talking finally so I could actually remember this... Fvck"
"oh fvck"
"fvck"
"Do you have any younger sisters?"
"How often do you have a bowel movement?"
"Are you're nipples like pepperonis or pennies?... really? let me see"
"I want to get a cute puppy, know of any breed that grow up slowly? I love that puppy stage"
"ooh fvck sh!t"
"what day is it?"
"....hmmm well. this. is. awkward."
"silence.... of the lambs hahahahaha.... ohhh fvck"
"I want to be a writer... yeah and i'm gonna write your silent film a$$ right out of my story!"
.... I dont know, just a few off the top of my head... I LOVE awkward silences, they bring so much opportunity!!! Look at all I have to choose from.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.