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.
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.
I cheat all the time. No quality woman of any substance will be ok with you telling her that you're going to continue fvcking other women while you're with her.
However, my last experience really taught me a good lesson. I hurt a lot of people. You can read the details of my story in this thread:
http://www.sosuave.net/forum/threads/gf-found-out-i-cheated-can-i-turn-this-around.238555/
As you can see, three people were devasted by my actions. I caused a lot of pain and as you can see from my posts I regret what I did and feel really bad about it. I tried to justify my actions based on technicalities but basically I knew what I was doing was wrong. When I'm caught or there are strong suspicions of my cheating I generally deny, deny, deny but with my recent situation I was caught red handed with the two women involved actually speaking to each other and sharing details and dates of when they saw me and what we did. So denial or milking the facts was not an option.
I felt embarrassed, I felt like the biggest as*hole, and I felt really bad about it. I felt really bad about myself. I actually cared for both the girls involved a lot and even got depressed over what I did. It hit me hard I was surprised and how negatively it affected me. Seeing them cry and yell and realize I had lied to their faces and ruined their dreams of a good boyfriend, relationship, and marriage really made me look down on myself and my actions. I still feel really low about myself for what I did.
That being said, cheating is the dark side of spinning plates - a concept which is so important for guys to apply these days in this terrible dating market.
It's ok to be able to date lots of girls in the beginning of a relationship but it gets murky.. at what point do you tell the girls you're seeing that you're banging lots of other women? And at what point do you decide to put all your eggs in one basket and focus on one woman?
These decisions and choices aren't always so clear cut.
I wasn't happy with my marriage. My wife was never home and I was lonely.Why did you or didn't you cheat on someone?
No remorse here. It felt great receiving attention from a woman again.If you did, then did you feel justified or remorseful?
No. The only people who knew about the affair were me and her, although her fiancee suspected something was going on.Did you eventually confess?
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.
This was all after my divorce. Never cheated on my ex wf, thought about it but never did.Why did you or didn't you cheat on someone?
If you did, then did you feel justified or remorseful?
Did you eventually confess?
So has this affected your ability to trust someone in a relationship?I used a hidden app for messages and pics. Never had to worry about that part.
There where a few times the fwb would leave marks on my body. I don't think the gf would ever even notice, if she did I'd blame it on hockey.
The thrill part was definitely exciting but it was also draining mentally and physically. I think I did it to see if karma was a real thing.
I don't think I'll ever do it again, as far as being in a RL.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
What is the name of the app?I used a hidden app for messages and pics.
Not really. Haven't meet anyone worthy of RL and not really looking.So has this affected your ability to trust someone in a relationship?
Since you know how easy it is to cheat, how do you have confidence that someone isn't doing the same to you?
The app I used was Vault-Hide SMS, it use to be free. I think they charge for it now. There areWhat is the name of the app?