Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
That's kinda what I'm thinking ... I wondered how men were able to stand the smell before 21 century because women rarely took showers ! I'm sure the smell must have smelled worseLolJoeMarron said:A damn shame. This is the 21st century. Every woman should have that sh!t under control
That's interesting. In my experience I find that the smell goes from meh to not too bad to acceptable the longer I've been with the chick, same with taste. You could call it an acquired scent so to speak.
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.
:crackup:Atom Smasher said:What's with all this "stinkin' thinkin'?
I'm working on a hand-held stank detector, but so far my more "fragrant" test subjects have been melting the solder joints.
This could be built into cell phones, "Let me just check my messages, babe..."Atom Smasher said:What's with all this "stinkin' thinkin'?
I'm working on a hand-held stank detector, but so far my more "fragrant" test subjects have been melting the solder joints.
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.
Good advice but it seems most men (me included) would rather run out the door fast screaming down the street while waving arms frantically before facing the uncomfortable subject of telling her to her face her cooter stinks.G_Govan said:Most women who have smelly vaginas aren't usually lacking in hygiene. They simply don't know how to properly clean down there.
The vag isn't supposed to be washed with soap or anything that screws with the ph balance. The body has its own cleaning mechanism and if left to do its thing can provide a nice, natural smell. Soaking in warm water with some very mild scrubbing is all that's required.
When it reeks to high heaven that means there's an overgrowth of bacteria that shouldn't be thriving in such a way.
If you feel like giving them a chance see if you can have a conversation about their cleaning methods. If they're open minded you may be able to reverse the condition and have a good time at a later date.