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.
i agree with youOriginally posted by tristan22
Some of you will think i'm crazy, but i really do think MTV and Hollywood are ruining America.
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.
That's funny...GreenDay considers themselves Punk and that is their official genre of music. Again, GreenDay IS a Punk band.Originally posted by il_duce
Green Day is NOT punk. Not even close, sorry. Maybe like 12 years ago they were, but not anymore. However, they have earned their place, unlike most acts out there today. It's just that...their new album is pretty weak compared to Dookie and other earlier efforts.
They are only massive successes now because their music is more pop oriented.
Sounds good... and it's easy to say such a thing.Originally posted by tristan22
Some of you will think i'm crazy, but i really do think MTV and Hollywood are ruining America.
They are not ruining America, THEY ALREADY HAVE!Originally posted by tristan22
Some of you will think i'm crazy, but i really do think MTV and Hollywood are ruining America.
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.