"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.
8 MAJOR Green Flags in Guys
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"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"
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.
Plinco
Master Don Juan
Strongly agree with 2 and 4
1, 3, 5, 6, and 8 is laziness/entitlement
7 is potentially putting her unnecessarily in control of you. If she wants to get to know you, let it take time.
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It's always the mans responsibility for how she acts/feels....that's the common theme here. Lol. No thanks
It's pointless to listen to this stuff. It's for women to digest, not men. Knowing these things won't improve your chances with women.
It's pointless to listen to this stuff. It's for women to digest, not men. Knowing these things won't improve your chances with women.
jhonny9546
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Very interesting. Which were your "before" then "after" behaviour and outcomes in the two different scenarios?
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I must be doing something right as I'm yet to meet a woman who didn't have her brain turned off most of the time
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
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.
They forgot the one about listening to Joe Rogan. His pods w/Joey Diaz saved me from absolute boredom and clawing my eyes out during some night shifts, while simultaneously meeting wicket points 2, 3, and 4.
jhonny9546
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Hilarious and true at the same time!I must be doing something right as I'm yet to meet a woman who didn't have her brain turned off most of the time
By the way,I had this moment where I was staying with this women alone, doing some crap office work.
The first women told me "You made me relax".
The second women told me "My blood pressure is goind down". (I thought She was going crazy, So i took a chair for her).
Is this related to the "powering off" feature women have?