"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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Ugh... Hangovers DO NOT Help NC

Johnny Alias

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Just needed to vent here. Went out with new chick last night. Drank a lot. Banged her. Sex was pretty good. She's fawning all over me. Probably a stage 5 clinger.

So that was all well and good, but I'm currently at work, hungover, and thinking of the EX.

Alcohol goes from being your best friend to your WORST enemy. Serotonin and Dopamine levels shot to shvt. SHE is lurking. SHE is like a song I can't get out of my head. OCD behavior tends to rise when when you're hungover so be warned about that... no matter how well you were doing the day or week before... her ugly demonic visage can rise up much easier and stick around like an annoying houseguest...

The cluster B chicks sink their teeth into you and don't let go even after they're gone...

No I haven't broken NC. That's permanent now. She's dead to me. A ghost. A robot. Everything she did for four years was an Academy Award winning ACT. Thank god she's older than me by 5 years and wasting away. If she was my age I'd be in some purty shvt.

I loved someone who never existed... course I guess that was myself since she was just mirroring my behavior... and loving me is great but I don't have Double D Cans...

She was GOOD... then EVIL. 80% of the time when drinking... I'd say she was just an alcoholic if it weren't for the other many symptoms I've mentioned before. Did you know cluster B's have an insanely high rate of co-occurring substance abuse issues? It's as high as 60% in some cases.

So fricking brainwashed... feel like a member of a damned cult. EVERYONE I KNOW, including her old friends, think I smart to get away from her abusive drunk ass. I'm not one to wish ill will on anyone but if god dropped a meteor on her for some closure it would be... well... a godsend.

Ah bollocks. I've got dates with four different chicks over the next week and then its vacation time... remove myself from the scene of the crime. That'll help. Also started reading the DJ Bible today. That's helping...

Ugh. Need exercise, sweat, and sleep. Not a very insightful post, but like I say I needed to get this out. Cheers.
 

"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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Peaks&Valleys

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Johnny Alias said:
Alcohol goes from being your best friend to your WORST enemy. Serotonin and Dopamine levels shot to shvt.
It also causes anxiety, which may be a direct correlation. In turn your confidence goes down and you become vulnerable. When you're older, and have a lot more stresses and responsibilities, it's what can lead to alcoholism. Simply not wanting to deal with those "down" times, so you keep drinking night after night. It's a bad cycle to get into.
 

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true. stay clean, stay healthy. the best cure for any oneitis.
 

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Only drink enough to get that minor buzz. The perfect "feel good" zone. Once you go past that it's a world of hurt and puking. Not cool. It shows a loss of control. If you can't find that sweet spot, then stop altogether.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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