"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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Talking over the phone for hours

Alpheta

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How deadly is this to a relationship?

I have a ldr and am on the phone/facetiming my gf for about 3-4 hours average every other day.

Whats the best way to go about it?Does this kill attraction?
 

"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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Maximus Rex

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It's Not the Phone Time That's Deadly to the Relationship

It's the distance and the lacking of seeing each other that's going to kill the relationship. You should end this effed up and halfed assed situation now.
 

Alpheta

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Maximus Rex said:
It's the distance and the lacking of seeing each other that's going to kill the relationship. You should end this effed up and halfed assed situation now.
so in your opinion, ldr can never work?
 

dustmuffin

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LDR never work. I just got out of one. I was dumped. It is the distance that will eventually lead to a dumping by you or her. I will say this. I will never involve myself in an LDR again.
 

“The 22 Rules That Flip the Script With Women… And How You Can Use Them Tonight”

Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.

Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers.  Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.

I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.

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SuckItUp

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Alpheta said:
so in your opinion, ldr can never work?
It can never work because it defeats the purpose of a relationship which is to spend time together face to face.

Physical needs can't be met so the relationship is doomed to fail.
 

pyros

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I've been there.

It works if both of you are really into each other AND it is just temporary, I mean, you're distant for a specific amount of time: 1 month, 4 months, 1 year...and then any of you move to be with the other.

Also, you have to be sure that either you or her are willing to move...because if not, then it doesnt make any sense.
You have to have a plan like: "well, after X months I will move to be with her", or "in X months she will be back".

I've seen couples being in a LDR for YEARS, just to break up in the end. This is not what I mean. I mean that if you're gonna be in this situation for a year or so max, it can work. But do not be there for years and years.

And yes, I also spent a lot of time on skype talking to my girl, but it did not annoy me. Besides, if I decreased the amount of time we talked on skype, she got upset lol.
It was like at least 1 hour a day, to a max of around 3 hours, but we were distant just for 6-7 months, and visited each other every month or month and a half.
 
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