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.
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.
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.
Absolutely agree. If the recent trend of young guys coming to this board continues, then it will defeat the point of the Mature Man Forum entriely. This situation aside, this forum seems to be evolving nicely.Originally posted by Jay Gatsby
Yes, there do seem to be a few underage posters coming here and asking for advice. Can you blame them? The mature men who could answer their questions are, for the most part, spending more time here than on the main board. Those same men are most certainly not spending time on the high school board. So in the end, you have clueless guys giving advice to other clueless guys. Talk about the blind leading the blind.![]()
At the same time, I completely understand why mature men would want to spend their time here. We have questions that no underage poster could answer, much less understand. Issues like marriage, children, divorce, investments, etc...are all issues that your average 25+ year old person has to deal with. Your average underage person, on the other hand, is still dealing with getting a girl's (and I mean *girl* not woman) phone number, if not ultimately doing the deed with her.
With all that said, underage posters should not post their questions here. If you, as an underage poster, have a question that you think that a mature man is the only one who can answer it (you'd most likely be wrong), then simply post a link here to your message on the main board. Do so only if nobody has responded in 2-3 days. We are a secondary resource, not your primary one.
If you're still in high school, you'll be wasting your time in posting here, since most of us are at least 8-10 years out of high school, and have moved beyond playing the types of games high school girls play.
To the moderators: I would suggest a sticky at the top that tells underage folks some of the foregoing things.
Duly noted. I'll be broadcasting some new "Mature Man" guidelines in the next few days.Originally posted by Jay Gatsby
To the moderators: I would suggest a sticky at the top that tells underage folks some of the foregoing things.