Mertz09
Senior Don Juan
So if she sh$t test you after you have known her for a few months. What do you think? Does it go on forever??
You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
it will go on until it does not affect you. if the event can get past your filter and activate your emotion it will continue; forever. when the event happens process it logically. do not pass it through to your emotion unless you choose to do so.So if she sh$t test you after you have known her for a few months. What do you think? Does it go on forever??
It means she has questions about what you present yourself as versus what she sees by your actions and is working on trying to figure that out.So if she sh$t test you after you have known her for a few months. What do you think? Does it go on forever??
Can you give this a little context? In other words, what happened specifically?So if she sh$t test you after you have known her for a few months. What do you think? Does it go on forever??
I’m still trying to figure it out . AKA a **** test LOLCan you give this a little context? In other words, what happened specifically?
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
Hey Mertz no one is asking you to figure it out. The forum can help with that.I’m still trying to figure it out . AKA a **** test LOL
What is causing your gut to feel like something is the matter, what behavior?I’m still trying to figure it out . AKA a **** test LOL
YepDoes it go on forever??
I am identifying successfully and I ignore them. My response is "no problem" and nothing else.Are you saying you're not successfully identifying them when they occur? Or perhaps you know they're happening and are unsure on different ways to 'pass' them?
Whatever you do, do NOT go about these s tests in a manner prescribed in the silly book "Way of the superior man."
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
Yes, Not really a big deal but not her normal responsiveness. I was supposed to help her for a while this Saturday at her house and she sent me text and said she would be home around 1:00, and then at around 1:30 she text that she now would be home at around 2:30. Not a big deal but then at around 5:30 I had not heard from her so I text and ask if she was home yet and her response was that she was but she was getting ready to go out with some girl friends (this is not unusual) and could we get together tomorrow (Sunday) yesterday. My response was "No Problem" The thing that P!ssed me off was that she did not tell me earlier on Saturday. I never heard from her yesterday and I did not reach out to her. So this morning she text me from work "Sorry I had a busy weekend. Lets try to get together sometime"Hey Mertz no one is asking you to figure it out. The forum can help with that.
But first, it must have been something she did or said that led you to believe or suspect she may have been shyt testing you?
What was it?
That’s how relationships work. The tests don’t just disappear because you’ve known her for a few months. You go through a comfort test, a **** test, meet up, and then the cycle repeats, sometimes in the same order, sometimes differently.So if she sh$t test you after you have known her for a few months. What do you think? Does it go on forever??
That is not a **** test. That is simply a change in her level of interest or priorities, but I see it as a test of boundaries. The distinction is that a **** test is meant to provoke a reaction, whereas a boundary is about how you respond to behavior that you don't want to accept. Basically, the boundary here is that you don't want to accept someone making plans with you, failing to communicate a change, and then treating your time as if it is unimportant.Yes, Not really a big deal but not her normal responsiveness. I was supposed to help her for a while this Saturday at her house and she sent me text and said she would be home around 1:00, and then at around 1:30 she text that she now would be home at around 2:30. Not a big deal but then at around 5:30 I had not heard from her so I text and ask if she was home yet and her response was that she was but she was getting ready to go out with some girl friends (this is not unusual) and could we get together tomorrow (Sunday) yesterday. My response was "No Problem" The thing that P!ssed me off was that she did not tell me earlier on Saturday. I never heard from her yesterday and I did not reach out to her. So this morning she text me from work "Sorry I had a busy weekend. Lets try to get together sometime"
I have not responded and may not at all.
That is a shyt test in my opinion.
agree - time for some silence and distanceBasically, the boundary here is that you don't want to accept someone making plans with you, failing to communicate a change, and then treating your time as if it is unimportant.
This is not a sh!t test. This girl blew you off. But you failed yourself by saying "no problem" to something that "pissed you off" and letting it progress. You obviously aren't a priority nor does she show much respect, and you certainly didn't demand any.Yes, Not really a big deal but not her normal responsiveness. I was supposed to help her for a while this Saturday at her house and she sent me text and said she would be home around 1:00, and then at around 1:30 she text that she now would be home at around 2:30. Not a big deal but then at around 5:30 I had not heard from her so I text and ask if she was home yet and her response was that she was but she was getting ready to go out with some girl friends (this is not unusual) and could we get together tomorrow (Sunday) yesterday. My response was "No Problem" The thing that P!ssed me off was that she did not tell me earlier on Saturday. I never heard from her yesterday and I did not reach out to her. So this morning she text me from work "Sorry I had a busy weekend. Lets try to get together sometime"
I have not responded and may not at all.
That is a shyt test in my opinion.
This is not a sh!t test. This girl blew you off. But you failed yourself by saying "no problem" to something that "pissed you off" and letting it progress. You obviously aren't a priority nor does she show much respect, and you certainly didn't demand any.
Here's how I would of handled this:
Her: I'll be home around 1:00
Me: Ok, text me when you get there and I'll head that way.
Her: It's going to be more like 2:30. (text sent at 1:30)
Me: Maybe another time, I have things I need to get done.
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.
Silence and distance means you don’t say this. Just let it fade off. She will come around and want to know where you went once she realizes you stopped hanging on her every word."Okay, I'll get back to you"
Yes Divorced w 3, You are correct, I will not respond at all.Silence and distance means you don’t say this. Just let it fade off. She will come around and want to know where you went once she realizes you stopped hanging on her every word.
Go work out. Get busier at the office. See friends. Meet another woman. You’ll shock yourself how good you feel.Yes Divorced w 3, You are correct, I will not respond at all.
You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.
She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.
Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.
Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.