BetterCallSaul
Master Don Juan
I dont think OP ever confirmed if the initial rumors he mentioned turned out to be true.
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
And yet, there may have been other women who cheated on you without you ever finding out because they did not exhibit the behavioural changes described above. There have been studies showing that between 10 and 20% of "fathers" are unknowingly raising children who are not theirs. This would not be possible if the symptoms of cheating were so easy to detect. Some women are terrible at hiding their cheating, while others are quite adept at it. Only the OP can decide if his girlfriend is to be believed.When a woman is cheating, her strange behaviour isn't very subtle. You'll notice that something's very different about her. For the two times I found out I was being cheated on, the women suddenly developed new tastes in music, a switch in their favourite radio station, their patterns of going out were different, they had some very new hobbies that they were extremely excited about, they would get all dressed up for mundane occasions, and there's probably a few other things I don't remember.
And that is why EVERY MAN that gets told that the stork is on the way should get a DNA test once the baby is born no matter the length or seriousness of the relationship with the mother or whether married or not. I'd even tell her well before the due date that I'm going to have one conducted post-delivery without shame or hesitation.And yet, there may have been other women who cheated on you without you ever finding out because they did not exhibit the behavioural changes described above. There have been studies showing that between 10 and 20% of "fathers" are unknowingly raising children who are not theirs. This would not be possible if the symptoms of cheating were so easy to detect. Some women are terrible at hiding their cheating, while others are quite adept at it. Only the OP can decide if his girlfriend is to be believed.
It's a shame that you can't get a DNA test before being forced to pay for an abortion. You are at their mercy in that situation.And that is why EVERY MAN that gets told that the stork is on the way should get a DNA test once the baby is born no matter the length or seriousness of the relationship with the mother or whether married or not. I'd even tell her well before the due date that I'm going to have one conducted post-delivery without shame or hesitation.
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.
...and that's the thing that gets me. How do you know the "very close friend" wasn't lying? I used to have a close friend who would play pranks on me just to fvck with my relationships. It was some very serious 5hit that he thought was hilarious. The best thing I ever did was kick him out of my life.I dont think OP ever confirmed if the initial rumors he mentioned turned out to be true.
I'm sorry to hear that. None of us can really tell what was going on. We'll just have to rely on your judgement that she wasn't worthy of keeping around.Just wanted to let you all know that I ended this relationship the other day. It was ugly
Thank you very much for the support,...and that's the thing that gets me. How do you know the "very close friend" wasn't lying? I used to have a close friend who would play pranks on me just to fvck with my relationships. It was some very serious 5hit that he thought was hilarious. The best thing I ever did was kick him out of my life.
I'm sorry to hear that. None of us can really tell what was going on. We'll just have to rely on your judgement that she wasn't worthy of keeping around.
Regardless, there are plenty more women out there, and you can usually find one who's better.