"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.
What are good birthday gifts for a girlfriend?
- Thread starter El Payaso
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"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
Between_The_Lines
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Between_The_Lines
Master Don Juan
See if you can add your own special touch to it too. I don't know where you live, but by that I mean something like grab a nice bottle of wine, maybe some cheese, and watch the sun go down together at the beach, something like that.El Payaso said:
"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.
MOTU
Master Don Juan
She is s huge Tom Petty fan. For Christmas I got her a bracelet made from Tom Petty's guitar strings, where 100% of the revenue went to an animal rescue fund, which is perfect because she is a dog lover.
Neither was overly expensive for a man of my income, but both made her giddy for weeks.
Yes, it takes thought, but it's far better than some expensive tripe.
Maximus Rex
Banned
D*ck and game.
BraddH
Master Don Juan
"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.
MOTU
Master Don Juan
I agree with this. Never go buy "nice and expensive" unless you are married and have kids together. And don't be sh!tty either. Either get something she'll remember or get nothing. A half @ssed fail (like cheap jewelry, sweater off the clearance rack) doesn't help and may indeed hurt. A funny card or a pic of the two of you is fine if you really don't have the time or money for something else.mangotot said:
When my gf opened her bday gift she was all gushy saying "you're so awesome I love you so much" and I said "well, you get another gift" and she said "what?" And I replied "a mouth full of c0ck and an @ss full of cvm". So that night when I butted in her bunghole I whispered in her ear "happy birthday".
logicallefty
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El Payaso said:
My d|ck in a box.
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I hate it when young chicks expect great gifts like they already put in 10 years with the dude.
My rule of thumb....get her what she would get you....nothing better....
"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.