"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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Your 18th child is coming, dear!

"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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The Bat

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I want to go cave-diving. Anybody else want to tag along? ;)

Seriously though, this is ridiculous. After x amount of kids, you know these parents are just compensating by having more kids. I can understand if you are living in a third world country on a farm, and you NEED as many kids as possible to help out at the farm. But honestly, Cheaper By The Dozen wasn't that good of a movie anyway. So why bother trying to mimic the movie plot? :crazy:
 

Mr.Positive

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18 kids all home-schooled....yeah, that's real healthy for the kids. 10 bucks says the inbreeding will start within the next year.

Like Jeff Foxworthy once said, when your family tree doesn't fork....you might be a redneck.

Here's a hint..if you refer to your father as "Uncle Dad"....something is not right.
 
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