"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.
wat happens if you dont consume enough water with creatine?
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"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
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.
Shiftkey
Master Don Juan
The truth is, if you consume creatine without enough water, it'll alter the hormonal balance (testosterone:estrogen ratio) of your body and lead to potentially feminizing side effects such as testicular atrophy, gynecomastia, ovulation, etc...
There was recently a study published on this in the New England Journal of Medicine. You can find it on Medline.
Personally, I wouldn't mess with the stuff if I wasn't aware of the risks and knew exactly what I was doing...
"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
Originally posted by JJNYC
Man, these guys are a bunch of unhelpful jerks!
The truth is, if you consume creatine without enough water, it'll alter the hormonal balance (testosterone:estrogen ratio) of your body and lead to potentially feminizing side effects such as testicular atrophy, gynecomastia, ovulation, etc...
There was recently a study published on this in the New England Journal of Medicine. You can find it on Medline.
Personally, I wouldn't mess with the stuff if I wasn't aware of the risks and knew exactly what I was doing...
Lost for words. Now ive seen it all.
Come to think of it JJ, you overlooked the irony in the first 3 posts im hoping that you were trying the same with this one.
enkai
Senior Don Juan
DJ Girevik
Senior Don Juan
You're full of crap.Originally posted by JJNYC
Man, these guys are a bunch of unhelpful jerks!
The truth is, if you consume creatine without enough water, it'll alter the hormonal balance (testosterone:estrogen ratio) of your body and lead to potentially feminizing side effects such as testicular atrophy, gynecomastia, ovulation, etc...
There was recently a study published on this in the New England Journal of Medicine. You can find it on Medline.
Personally, I wouldn't mess with the stuff if I wasn't aware of the risks and knew exactly what I was doing...
"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
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.
Thing is, the poor fella still aint got an answer to his question!
Drinking a large amount of water - 2 litres or more per day - should be taken as read anyway so its kind of a moot point.
In my experience, when I take in extra protein and creatine, I naturally become more thirsty and end up drinking more during the day. I wouldn't obsess over this.
Also... if you're just adding the creatine to a whey protein shake, you're not going to get the full effect because you need insulin to help shuttle the creatine into your muscle cells. That's why it's recommended to take creatine with fruit juice.
What I usually do is mix my creatine with water and iced tea powder, and then add some extra dextrose (a high glycemic sugar, it's what's in nitro-tech) on top of that. You can get dextrose from www.supplementdirect.com for $11 for 10lbs.
J.J.
"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.
When on creatine, I know if I'm not drinking enough water if my throat feels dry. When you're body dehydrates, one of the first places it draws water from is your throat. This is why singers must keep hydrated. So if your throat is dry when you're on creatine, then you're not drinking enough.
Similarly, protein requires water to digest, which also needs to be replenished. I take my tuna as my last meal of the day, and so sometimes I wake up with a dry throat if I don't take enough water with it.
Keep a gallon jug of water with you 24/7 and just nurse it all day.
Heh ok, when I go to school tommarow I will carry a gallon jug to all my classes. I'm sure that won't look weird...
And on Sunday I will take it to church. People will be very confused.
When I have a doctor's appointment I will take it in with me and drink it while I am having a check-up.
Heh, it is fun to think of all the situations that would make you look really weird carrying a gallon jug.
The more "socially correct" version for you high schoolers is...(drum roll)...a small bottle.
I know this is ground breaking stuff, but not everyone can be a master of the obvious.
Tiggis
Don Juan
Your liver cn dehydrate.
Creatine cleans it but also removes water from it.. drink your water..
You can also get muscle cramps..
Good_ol_boy
Senior Don Juan
And on Sunday I will take it to church. People will be very confused.
When I have a doctor's appointment I will take it in with me and drink it while I am having a check-up."
Seen people doing ALL of these. No big deal!!!
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
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.