RickTheToad
Moderator
PA in a hospital. RE on the side.
"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.
What do you do for a living?
- Thread starter cola
- Start date
"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.
Rick I could’ve sworn you were a government worker
Rictor1
Don Juan
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You've been hiding your medical powers from us this whole time.
zekko
Master Don Juan
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What's an RE?
"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.
RickTheToad
Moderator
Municiple hospital. I've mentioned I work in a hospital multiple times. Usually in medically related threads. It's also when I state, this is not medical advice and they should seek out professional medical assistance.
I try to lend where I can. I need to watch what I type.
Real Estate
Papa_smu
Banned
I work as a software engineer for a medium sized company. Been in IT for about 5 years which 2.5 of them have been in software development. I enjoy the work and can't see myself doing anything else. The gripes I have with this career is the pettiness among the business, the lack of female talent, and the amount of sedentary activity, but it comes with the territory. I rather have those headaches then what I had to deal with in my old career (customer service)
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You're going to kill yourself with stress if you keep doing that man. 3 jobs, high stress.
"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.
I sell mobile phone accessories as my main job. Like those generic Otterbox cases. I buy them for $3 to $4.99 and sell them for $19 and other phone stuff. The markup is nice but only 3 days a week. Looking into how i can design my own case line to have sold via Amazon like other makers like Supcase does for example. With the cheap cost to make and high markup I could make a 100k a year on that.
I also work part time at a grocery store.
I also work part time at a grocery store.
IT Admin/Network Engineer. Managing IT Infrastructure, Network, Security and Data Privacy for a production concern.
Had four years of professional training after school and working as professional for nearly 12 years now.
Right now I'm specializing in Cybersecurity.
Had four years of professional training after school and working as professional for nearly 12 years now.
Right now I'm specializing in Cybersecurity.
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Don Juan
I like traveling and want to go to Mexico for plastic Surgery. I learn more information on the Internet and found this site our website I have one question. Can I trust this information?
Ohso-Phresh
Senior Don Juan
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Business Process Consulting -> Carpentry -> Flip Houses -> Flip Contracts -> now Futures Trader, BTC maximalist.
Some festival production on the side.
Left corporate environment about 20yrs ago.
I work for myself, whenever, wherever I want.
Some festival production on the side.
Left corporate environment about 20yrs ago.
I work for myself, whenever, wherever I want.
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"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.
dustmuffin
Master Don Juan
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2015
- Messages
- 2,495
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- 63
Work for the government and real estate on the side
Serenity
Moderator
I'm a process operator at a metal refinery that's part of a huge multinational company. It's mostly a chemical process, not smelting which I guess most people would think of. I control the process which is probably the most complex one in the entire country. I'm 28 and have been working there for 10 years (since turning 18).
I'm very satisfied with the job, it has great balance between mental and physical work. Some days are super chill while other days I'm running around like crazy trying to save a sinking ship. Most days are pretty chill though, I'm well paid for someone who essentially drinks coffee most of the time.
I don't want to quit this job, but I do want to make more money, but I'm about to max out my current position. Looking into ways to make money on the side without too much time investment.
I'm very satisfied with the job, it has great balance between mental and physical work. Some days are super chill while other days I'm running around like crazy trying to save a sinking ship. Most days are pretty chill though, I'm well paid for someone who essentially drinks coffee most of the time.
I don't want to quit this job, but I do want to make more money, but I'm about to max out my current position. Looking into ways to make money on the side without too much time investment.
