"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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First sign she's drifting off.

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Got a PM from someone asking me what is the first sign I get indicating a woman is about to drift off. I had to think about it a bit and in my experience, the canary in the coal mine, so to speak, that sh!t is about to go sideways, is that she starts showing signs that does not really enjoy doing things for you. A chick in a new relationship actually shows enthusiasm for doing things that please you... she might continue to do those things, but if her level of enjoyment appreciably drops off this is a sign.

You have to pay attention, because she will continue to do things for you even after her interest level has dropped, because she's not quite ready to let go, and does this out of habit. It is a level of enthusiasm that is missing that is the first indication, that you need to start looking to replace her. This takes a bit of emotional intelligence on the man's part, and it is the only exception to the rule that you should judge a woman ONLY by her actions.

When this starts to happen (drop in enthusiasm) could also mean she is settling into relationship mode, which means you may not be losing her, but her behavior is about to take a dramatic change for the worst.

Thought I would post this here for discussion, because frankly I had not really been too concerned about this in the past since I'm not a relationship guy, and others might have a different experience. Thoughts?
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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hmmm I'll definitely start looking out for this in my relationships
 

"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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The first sign circa 2017 is a non-returned text.

But this should never happen. If you wait for her to initiate every time after each date, you won't push her away by smothering her to begin with.
 

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The first sign circa 2017 is a non-returned text.

But this should never happen. If you wait for her to initiate every time after each date, you won't push her away by smothering her to begin with.
Except you'll lose just as many girls for not texting her enough. Plenty of girls will no-reponse and then a week later enthusiastically meet up at your house.

As far as girls you're regularly seeing, I'd say that gut instinct triumphs everything. Your subconscious knows before you're conscious mind will even entertain the idea she's drifting away. The depravity of what she's willing to do in bed is another tell--if some sex act she used to do enthusiastically lowers in intensity or is taken off the table--"Oh, I don't like that. It's gross"--you're well on your way to being beta-ized.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

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.

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When things go south, go:

1. Ghost
2. Look for her replacement
3. Play your PS4

Take your pick. She's likely moved on anyway.

Case closed.
 

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Except you'll lose just as many girls for not texting her enough. Plenty of girls will no-reponse and then a week later enthusiastically meet up at your house.
well yeah, you've gotta strike a reasonable balance
 

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Got a PM from someone asking me what is the first sign I get indicating a woman is about to drift off.

A chick in a new relationship actually shows enthusiasm for doing things that please you... she might continue to do those things, but if her level of enjoyment appreciably drops off this is a sign.

Thought I would post this here for discussion, because frankly I had not really been too concerned about this in the past since I'm not a relationship guy, and others might have a different experience. Thoughts?
At the beginning of a relationship a woman is on her best behaviour because she wants to seduce you. She is innocent, she is polite. she is seductive, she is sexy, does everything necessary to make you fall in love with her. Once she has you, or some time has passed, then you start seeing the REAL her. The mask starts to come off; she is less nice, less attentive, less sexy, less seductive, more put downs. When she does, the guy tries harder because he thinks he did something wrong. Then the real head spinning starts...

But ideally, who cares if she is about to drift off. That's not the mans problem. If you did everything right so she fell in love with you and slept with you, why would you CHANGE anything? We are not here to serve women, we are here be great powerful men for society.
 

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At the beginning of a relationship a woman is on her best behaviour because she wants to seduce you. She is innocent, she is polite. she is seductive, she is sexy, does everything necessary to make you fall in love with her. Once she has you, or some time has passed, then you start seeing the REAL her.
At what point does this happen? In other words, at what point can we assume we are past the "BS zone"? 3 months?
 

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When things go south, go:

1. Ghost
2. Look for her replacement
3. Play your PS4

Take your pick. She's likely moved on anyway.

Case closed.
Wait, so all relationships can be graphed on a linear trajectory, namely down? A \ curve? Are there no U curves? Or maybe @, &, $ or Q curves?
 

"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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Wait, so all relationships can be graphed on a linear trajectory, namely down? A \ curve? Are there no U curves? Or maybe @, &, $ or Q curves?
9 times out of 10 you won't be able to recognize and fix the cause of the decline before it's too late

but that 1 in 10 is where it'd look like a U
 

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@bigneil nah 3 mths is the talk. Absolute minimum 6 mths to drop the mask. Earlier than that is a strong indicator she s trash.
 

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First Signs:
-Doesn't return texts as quickly.
-Doesn't initiate texts as often.
-Her calling habits change.
-Less available.
-Doesn't want to commit to plans.
-Commits to a plan then changes last minute.
-Mentions covert things that convey she might not be so sure of the relationship as she once was.
-Doesn't want sechs.
 
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