TheNonPedant
Don Juan
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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.
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
Sh!t I'm surprised anyone here even heard of them, but ya man, their beats were made for sex.In any case on the topic... Thievery Corporation is pretty powerful stuff when wiht a girl
Yar, he's one hell of a guy.Originally posted by Interpol
Mad props for busting out the Prefuse 73...
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.
Originally posted by Panda 2000
50 Cent, Fabolous, P.Diddy, Nelly - If I were a chick I'd dump your ass just for thinking of playing that.
Rock being a non DJ and rockers not bagging any chicks? You should have seen some footage from tours of 80's heavy metal bands, literally hundreds of groupies and chicks just getting in line to bang them.