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.
Yeah, that seems to go along with not ever having been on a date and with girl never wanting anything to do with you...Originally posted by marketboy
Are you a virgin?
I'd rather not. My picture is not good; and I'd rather not have anything here get back to me.Originally posted by saki
can we see a picture of you chancer?
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
Thats ridiculous. It would not help me anyways. For one thing, the act of paying for sex would just lower my self-esteem even further. For another, I don't have any sex drive at all really. What bothers me is that I can't meet anyone normally, not that I don't.Originally posted by marketboy
damn Chancer
I would pay for it.
I don't think thats going to help me. If people don't interact with you to begin with, this is not even a factor.Originally posted by marketboy
Also, how hung are you?
If you're hung, you have a chance at getting girls.
Measure that ****
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.
I really don't want to post a picture. I'm embarrased by how I look, even if I dress up nice. Just picture the ugliest guy in the room.please show us what you look like because maybe we can give you some pointers on looking your best.
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.
I used to think I was the ugliest guy in the room. Then this really nice girl came along and showed me that I WAS the ugliest guy in the room.Originally posted by chancer357
I really don't want to post a picture. I'm embarrased by how I look, even if I dress up nice. Just picture the ugliest guy in the room.
Its a catch-22. I feel horrible about myself all of the time. How am I supposed to be confident or even pretend to be? When I try to do stuff socially I fail because of this and everything gets worse.What she is looking at is your demeanor; how you stand, how you hold yourself, etc. If you have no confidence in yourself you are not going to stand like a man with confidence and that is the first thing EVERY woman is going to notice.
You cannot pretend to be confidence, women will catch on to that immediatly.Originally posted by chancer357
Its a catch-22. I feel horrible about myself all of the time. How am I supposed to be confident or even pretend to be? When I try to do stuff socially I fail because of this and everything gets worse.
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.