"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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Staying calm.

PersonalJesus

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Hey, I'm new here, Kinda did some lurking before but never any posting ( I registered a few months back) and have begun on the path of self improvement. I've read the bible a bit and i'm going to read more.


What do you guys do to help yourself stay calm when you're talking to people and in life in general? (like playing football , getting something done, or just chillin out.)
 

"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.

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I'm sure he means not getting really excited and giddy. I think of other things, and don't give exciting things all of my attention.
 

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PersonalJesus said:
Hey, I'm new here, Kinda did some lurking before but never any posting ( I registered a few months back) and have begun on the path of self improvement. I've read the bible a bit and i'm going to read more.


What do you guys do to help yourself stay calm when you're talking to people and in life in general? (like playing football , getting something done, or just chillin out.)
Exactly what about these things makes you not calm?
 

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It's more about just staying cool, calm and in control, you know, everybody knows a person like that who's calm no matter what the situation.
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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