"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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Think twice before meeting a woman from the net

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Francisco d'Anconia

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Oh come on now, the stupid MF agreed to meet her in a park!!! What the fvck was he thinking. This had nothing to do with the Net and everything to do with his lack of qualification skills. He was just another AFC (no offense) who pissed his pants and did something stupid because some woman actually wanted to meet him, or so he thought. :rolleyes:
 

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Meh. Most women from the 'net are messed up anyway. I've met 5 girls in person after meeting them online. 1 was good looking, but she was insane (seriously). 3 of the other 4 looked nothing like their pictures, and only 1 was relatively normal, if a bit subpar physically (but she did have a ****ing gorgeous friend).

So, if you meet a girl online, don't think of her as anyone worthwhile. She probably isn't, and it won't hurt if she actually is.
 

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Originally posted by Dominus
Meh. Most women from the 'net are messed up anyway. I've met 5 girls in person after meeting them online. 1 was good looking, but she was insane (seriously). 3 of the other 4 looked nothing like their pictures, and only 1 was relatively normal, if a bit subpar physically (but she did have a ****ing gorgeous friend).
This completely proves my point. If you lack qualification skills, you end up in situations like this.
 
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