backseatjuan
Banned
I thought yesterday it was an isolated incident. Then I saw just today same exact pocture. A woman wearing a night gown, long silky bellow the knee, no bra. Must be rona starvation.
She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.
You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.
The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.
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.
"Tolstoy"?Tolstoy gain popularity again I guess
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.
For a disney princessGood lord
"Tolstoy"?
Damn this guy was smartLeo Tolstoy Quotes (Author of Anna Karenina)
6062 quotes from Leo Tolstoy: 'Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.', 'All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.', and 'If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.'www.goodreads.com
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.
Real beauty isn't darkness. But most of what attracts men is. Ladies learn their angles and looks to attract men. They attract you in general not to make life easier. They'll respect you more if you don't fall for it.Damn this guy was smart
"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness"