"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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What do you do for fun?

diplomatic_lie

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Mine are:
-Sharpshooting
-Rock climbing/hiking
-Swimming
-Running
-Writing


What are yours?
 

"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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Hypoxia II

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spending countless hours in my studio..

long drives with good music and no destination..

r/c helicopters...
 

Centaurion

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i mastrubate
 

CableLight

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Exactly where I want to be.
I play guitar...I've got roughly 7 songs of my own creation under my belt, all of which I'm quite fond of.

Also, I love writing - I basically live to write. Writing things down is like telling your thoughts "I care about you, and I want to share you with other people." This makes them feel special, so they stick around on paper long enough to be enjoyed.
 

"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.

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sfalexi

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Mountain/road bike about four times a week in the summer (I have a GREAT work schedule), snowboard (although not nearly as often as I'd like), practice/play clarinet about 2 - 4 hours a day (with weekends off), watch anime, workout about three times a week.

In the future I'm gonna get my skydiving license and add that to the list (been skydiving 6 times, but I can't afford to keep it going right now - but I'm DEFINITELY gonna get my class A license)

Alexi
 

Julian

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smoke weed and produce bangas
 

ScrewIt

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- drawing/sketch
- billiards (yes i kick ass, mind you)
- watch good movies
- soccer
- walk around the city
- tv...yuck
 
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