"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

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.

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To everyone who speaks SPANISH

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...I need your HELP! I'm from Germany and unfortunately I don't speak Spanish at all... but now I met this beautiful Spanish girl and I would like to send her a little message... therefore it would be GREAT if anyone could translate these few words into Spanish for me:

"Hey beautiful stranger! You inspire me to learn Spanish ;) ...I wish you a wonderful weekend with your (female) friend!"

Thank you SO MUCH in advance!!!
 

"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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¡Oye extranjera hermosa! Usted me inspira a aprender el deseo ...I español usted un fin de semana maravilloso con su amiga


Never though spanish classes would come in handy
 

Francisco d'Anconia

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Originally posted by backbreaker
¡Oye extranjera hermosa! Usted me inspira a aprender el deseo ...I español usted un fin de semana maravilloso con su amiga


Never though spanish classes would come in handy
Es eso considerada el aprender de una nueva lengua?
 

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Mi español es un poco mohoso, pero eso son una traducción suficiente floja.. Yo no he tomado español en 6 años
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

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.

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yeah, spanish grammer is a little more difficult than enligh grammer.
 

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my spanish teacher (who happeend to be a 250lb 6'4 black man that was gay) wouldn't let us talk in class unless it was in spanish... he made that class unnecessarly difficult
 

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How hard is it to pick up Spanish compared to say French, Japanese?

I'm going to be working there for 6 months in a year or 2.
 

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it's hands down the easist lanague out there to learn, besides english

I tought myself russian the last 3 years.. I don't know what it is about russian people but their culture has always facinated me... i'm no where near as fluent as i am in spanish, but I took spanish for 6 years and it's alot harder (russian)... the only real hard thing in spanish is congagating all thoose damn verbs.

I've actually been to spain before, and after the shock of people just plain not speaking english, had no problem whatsoever getting around, and this was 6 years ago
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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¿Porqué usted?

I would think you would refer to her on a more personal level. also, I haven't used spanish in years but I thought you would refer to a girl as bella.

¡Oye extranjera bella! Tú me inspiras a aprender español (or tu lengua). Deseo para ti un fin de semana maravilloso con tu amiga.
 

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Originally posted by penkitten
http://world.altavista.com/
Babelfish es un idea mal para la gramatica, y tambien no es mucho bueno para las palabras. Mi español no es perfecto para no estiramiento de la imaginación, pero incluso YO sé que Babelfish no es noticias buenas, ¡especialmente para conseguir chicas españas!
 

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Originally posted by 23*


"Hey beautiful stranger! You inspire me to learn Spanish ;) ...I wish you a wonderful weekend with your (female) friend!"

From a native speaker:

Hola, preciosa. Me has inspirado a aprender Espanol. Espero que pases un maravilloso fin de semana junto a tu amiga.

G
 

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Thanx-a-lot to all of you! I will send her the message right away... and I know it'll be a huge surprise :D
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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Tell her this.

Quiero tirar su ensalada toda la noche


Well, actually don't tell her that, lol, dear gold dont' tell her that
 

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¡Perdóneme señorita! ¿No significo ser grosero.. pero usted chupa testículos?

¡Dispensame?

¿Señorita! se relaja! usted hizo ni permite que mí terminar... le hace chupa estos testículos?

Mi Dios! esos testículos son suaviza como huevos. ... sí yo los chuparé.
 

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"¡Perdóneme señorita! ¿No significo ser grosero.. pero usted chupa testículos?

¡Dispensame?

¿Señorita! se relaja! usted hizo ni permite que mí terminar... le hace chupa estos testículos?

Mi Dios! esos testículos son suaviza como huevos. ... sí yo los chuparé."

HAhahahaha ROTFL
 
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