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BeDJ
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I received a PM from a member to critique his writing. Care to discuss?
http://postmatrixmale.wordpress.com/
http://postmatrixmale.wordpress.com/
"She's Out of Your League"
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 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.
jafyk
Master Don Juan
If he PMed you to respond to critique his opinion. Did you stop to consider that maybe he just wanted your opinion only and not share it with everyone else? SMH!
Atom Smasher
Master Don Juan
Yes, I must ask the same question. Did this member ask for you critique in confidence? If so you might want to remove the link and ask if he minds.
sylvester the cat
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yet another thread that proves that little green squares and wisdom do not go hand in hand...
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BeDJ
Guest
Yes.
"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.
Atom Smasher
Master Don Juan
I'm not clear... He PM'd you to look at his site, and doesn't mind your publishing it here publically. Is that correct?
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BeDJ
Guest
Correct.