"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 if she asks about my job?

zack77766

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Ok yea what if a girl asks about your job?

Is it ok if you ask what she does? So if I do that and she says something like I work at McDonalds, would it be cool just to smile mysteriously and say McDonalds how much they pay you? She tells me and I say Ok.. Sounds like peanuts. I just never tell her much i make
 

"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.

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"I work as the school mascot..."

My school mascot is a marauder/pirate.

I get tons of looks and stares and all the girls loves a pirate because we all know that pirates get two types of booty.

comic_relief
 

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HB: What do you do?
ME: I get paid for being handsome.
HB: Oh so you're a model?
ME: Umm, no. Actually people stop me in the street and give me money for being so good-looking. (rub chin smugly)
HB: Yeah right!
ME: Seriously, my smiles are worth 5 grand a pop. I could show you now but you'd probably have to put it on lay-away or something
HB: LOL
ME: Yours aint bad either..how about we trade? (smiles)

Teh b!tches love me!
 

Poonani Maker

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This is a question that plagues me and is plaguing me right now. They all seem to just be rude and come out with this question "What is your job?" "What do you do?" Even though, I've got a good job, I do not want them knowing about it, because it pigeon holes me, i.e. lowers my value.

What are some of Your ingenious responses to this question?
 

"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.

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War Against Betaism

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I think it was Style that said that if they ask about your job, you should joke about it first. Make it not very obvious, and then make it more obvious that you're lying as you go along.
 

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D!ck Ramsey said:
HB: What do you do?
ME: I get paid for being handsome.
HB: Oh so you're a model?
ME: Umm, no. Actually people stop me in the street and give me money for being so good-looking. (rub chin smugly)
HB: Yeah right!
ME: Seriously, my smiles are worth 5 grand a pop. I could show you now but you'd probably have to put it on lay-away or something
HB: LOL
ME: Yours aint bad either..how about we trade? (smiles)

Teh b!tches love me!
You boys make me feel so smooth. Sorry, but that is really sad. Please tell me that you have never used that. That is something that a girl will tell all her friends about. They will laugh and laugh at how lame a pickup that was. See, the idea is to be smooth enough where the conversation flows. That goes for whether you are talking to a guy or a girl.
 

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meitenesrigas said:
You boys make me feel so smooth. Sorry, but that is really sad. Please tell me that you have never used that. That is something that a girl will tell all her friends about. They will laugh and laugh at how lame a pickup that was. See, the idea is to be smooth enough where the conversation flows. That goes for whether you are talking to a guy or a girl.
Then provide something better...Mr. O - so - Smooth.

Boys? How old are you?
 

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I would never make fun of how much someone makes or what they do. Especially someone you don't know well. People often define themselves somewhat by their job so never be insulting if you make a playful joke..
 

Francisco d'Anconia

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Poonani Maker said:
This is a question that plagues me and is plaguing me right now. They all seem to just be rude and come out with this question "What is your job?" "What do you do?" Even though, I've got a good job, I do not want them knowing about it, because it pigeon holes me, i.e. lowers my value.

What are some of Your ingenious responses to this question?
One of the few things that I hate more than canned lines are canned questions. I don't know why people believe that it's something that they'd like to know about a person before they get to know them. I'm wary about women who are insistent on knowing early on. If that's their measurement of qualifying a man, I'm not really interested. I just tell them it's just a job and that I'm happy that it pays the bills; then I ask her a question a bit more substantial.
 

"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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War Against Betaism

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Rhoto said:
Then provide something better...Mr. O - so - Smooth.

Boys? How old are you?
Well I wasn't sure if D!ck Ramsey was being sarcastic or not but that was a pretty a lame pick up.
 

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War Against Betaism said:
Well I wasn't sure if D!ck Ramsey was being sarcastic or not but that was a pretty a lame pick up.
I tried that response today on another gothic chick who'd just asked "what do you do for a living?." I say to tha "T," "I get paid for being handsome," and she says, "I get paid for telemarketing."
 

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squirrels im surprised you didn't inform him that this thread does not belong in Tips. :)

moved
 

tsmith2334

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D!ck Ramsey said:
HB: What do you do?
ME: I get paid for being handsome.
HB: Oh so you're a model?
ME: Umm, no. Actually people stop me in the street and give me money for being so good-looking. (rub chin smugly)
HB: Yeah right!
ME: Seriously, my smiles are worth 5 grand a pop. I could show you now but you'd probably have to put it on lay-away or something
HB: LOL
ME: Yours aint bad either..how about we trade? (smiles)

Teh b!tches love me!
that sounds awful
 

"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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