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Sometimes, you just need to get a thought off your head.
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.
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.
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.
Peaks&Valleys said:I'm only half in the bag, so my post probably won't make much sense here.
Took the kid to go see Elysium tonight....let me tell you, I like Matt Damon, If I was gay I'm sure I'd be jerking it to him. That being said, it was the biggest cliche filled, over endulged, piece of $hit movie I ever saw. I can't see how these actors constantly get put in these $hit movies, then somehow go on with their lives. It was a joke. Fvcking crap.
EDIT: and how come the moderator's forum never has any posts in it? Don't they want to talk about moderator stuff???
The posts are shy - they run and hide unless you sing them nursery rhymes.Peaks&Valleys said:EDIT: and how come the moderator's forum never has any posts in it? Don't they want to talk about moderator stuff???
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.
No, you're pretty much like a good friend of mine. He just wants to get laid. And he gets mad at me when I don't want to go out and meet a set of 5's. I tell him: "I'd like to help you out buddy, and be a wing man and take one for the team, but the girl you're trying to get is also a 5. The jumping on the grenade rule doesn't apply here. Unlike you, my d1ck doesn't move when I look at a 5 walking across the room."BeginningDJ said:Am I the only one here that takes the path of least resistance?
Let's say you were at a bar and knew this HB6 would bang. On the other hand, there is an 8 that you might have a shot with, but takes much more work and it's 50/50. Which would you go after?
Your scale or my scale?BeginningDJ said:Fighting words Weak&Amputee,
If you have those high standards, I absolutely congratulate you to come home with d!ck in hand. I'm glad that you can pass up a guaranteed 6. Maybe you don't like random fvcks and looking for someone to spend the rest of your life with?
My HB6 (would bang)Peaks&Valleys said:I've seen what you consider an HB10...and let me tell you, I'd hate to see what you consider and HB6.
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.
Wait 12 years.BeginningDJ said:I don't rate woman in their 30's or with kids.
To be the same age as you?Peaks&Valleys said:Wait 12 years.
That chick seemed like a solid 6, could be a 7 if her body was on point. Either way....yes.
Yes, of course. I just get along with more mature women though, you know, women my age. Most of them have some baggage, it's okay though, so do IBeginningDJ said:To be the same age as you?
I'll openly ask you now, do you not think you can attract an HB7 with no kids or baggage?
Are you always b1tching and crying? Seriously??BeginningDJ said:Damn, that gives me fvcking motivation for the future...Dude you are such a buzzkill!
Are you telling me that women in their 20's are nearly off limits for men in their late 30's? Jesus christ, if that's the case, I'm dedicating myself to going out 8 nights a week!
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.