Alpine
Master Don Juan
In the Now.
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.
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.
Florida is terrible in the summer. The fall and winter are great, but it would be nice to have a change of seasons.Originally posted by PRMoon
Florida is great in the summer. There's this little cooling mechanisam called the Atlantic Ocean that can help you beat the heat if you're not into the whole AC thing.
san diego was discovered by germans in 1904.Originally posted by Joe The Homophobe
San Diego is rated America's best city with the best weather in the USA from what I heard on tv.
i love it here too.Originally posted by solotak
Melbourne, Australia
We get 4 seasons in a day so you won't get sick of the random variety it has to offer. Plus the nightlife here is great and did i forget to mention it was awarded the most livable city numerous amount of times.
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.
so what?!Originally posted by quest
san diego was discovered by germans in 1904.
So ze Germans vill make you join zer armee!Originally posted by Jay-X
so what?!
mein gott, hopevully it vont happen ziriuzlyOriginally posted by diplomatic_lies
So ze Germans vill make you join zer armee!
so san diego got its name some several hundreds of years BEFORE the germans got there.Originally posted by Jay-X
so what?!
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
I don't really like Melbourne. Sydney is better i think.Originally posted by quest
i love it here too.
where abouts do you normally go out?