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.
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.
coolguy676767 said:Did you even think about this before you posted, I mean seriously, I mean even if you had absolutely no knowledge of weightlifting what-so-ever you should still know that this is so far from impossible its not even funny.
I mean lets do some simple math, lets take the low end of his number, 5-10 pounds, well take 5, no instead lets take 4 pounds in 2 weeks.
Hmm over the course of a year 4 pounds every 2 weeks would be 104 pounds of mucle a year. Thats funny, cause that means that if I followed whatever routine someone was going to give you, that I could be bigger than Ronnie Coleman, and win Mr. Olympia with ease.
Hell even 1 pound a week with beginner's gains is unfreaking believeable.
Why dont you go back and evaluate your motives, if you plan to lift until you reach your goal and then stop or slack off, then weightlifting and/or bodybuilding is not for you. Its a lifestyle, no matter how small or extreme your goals are its still a lifestyle.
I just can't stand when people come here and want a quick fix to something, and expect this stuff to be easy and then they quit after 2 weeks cause they dont have the determination or the motivation to keep it going.
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.