"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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Where do older men go to pickup women?

StevenR

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So the standard places are social circle pickups, nightclub pickups, online, and of course cold approaches. I suppose activity pickups are in there too, like taking dance classes, and for people in school there is of course the university campus. What about men over 30, 35, 40? Does this stay the same?
For many, the social circle suddenly consists of married friends with kids, not a bunch of single partygoing types. Nightclubs? I always thought they were for the younger crowd and an older person would stand out like a sore thumb there. Cold approaches? I would think the creepiness factor would increase with age, and eventually the vast majority of "age appropriate" women out there would be doing the married with children thing. That leaves online where women are just as picky about age as men are, and meeting through activities and hope there are some decent looking available women around. So where do you guys go to meet women?
 

"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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broken dreams

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dude,Im 30 and it depends what you want to find.
My fav is bars not too fancy but a good place where weekday a girl can go for a drink and not all dressed up so your chances are better.
also hotel lounges are pretty cool.
 

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StevenR said:
So the standard places are social circle pickups, nightclub pickups, online, and of course cold approaches. I suppose activity pickups are in there too, like taking dance classes, and for people in school there is of course the university campus. What about men over 30, 35, 40? Does this stay the same?
For many, the social circle suddenly consists of married friends with kids, not a bunch of single partygoing types. Nightclubs? I always thought they were for the younger crowd and an older person would stand out like a sore thumb there. Cold approaches? I would think the creepiness factor would increase with age, and eventually the vast majority of "age appropriate" women out there would be doing the married with children thing. That leaves online where women are just as picky about age as men are, and meeting through activities and hope there are some decent looking available women around. So where do you guys go to meet women?
Sorry, but your attitude toward age sucks. It is you and only YOU who is placing limitations.
 

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In my town there is an adult night life scene. It consist of after hour places, a few clubs that cater to all ages, and some upscale martini bars and lounges. Also a few upscale resturants here have a great friday and saturday night bar scene. I'm in a small town but this is enough to sarge in. The same people usually frequent all of these places.

Also join organizations in your area. I'm in several business organizations and the same people I see in these groups I see out at the upscale spots. It helps you form a social network.

I don't go to the places that the college kids go to that much, I look young enough to pass for mid to late 20s but I feel older around them.
 

"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.

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Magma

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One of my faves are outdoor gatherings such as a weekly concert series. Where I live, there are concerts every Thursday from five to eight that travel around to different bars/restaurants every Thursday. There is a copy-cat series that runs on Friday evenings. These are great venues imo. In fact, the crowds are generally older.

I'll usually ride my motorcycle down to them with my buddy, and I can't tell you how many times I've left these things with a woman on the back of the bike with her legs squeezed around me. It also is a good launching point for an insta-date, since everybody is getting oiled up on booze and they don't want to go home at eight when the concert ends. You can get insta-dates like crazy.

Hope this helps, my friend.
 
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