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.
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.
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.
MrS said:But what if dy/dx = lnD * lnIl where lnD is -234252453242.34242 ?
Come on dude, it wasn't meant to be broken down into algebra![]()
LMAO desi.Desdinova said:Bumped for Luke Skywalker![]()
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.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Another year has passed, time for another bump.Desdinova said:Bumped for Luke Skywalker![]()
HuuBinh said:I will mathematically prove that when a girl reduces her time being with a guy, the guy's interest level increases.
Let say that the guy's interest level in the girl has a function:
IL = lnD
Where IL = interest level, a function of D, which is the number dating activities. This natural log function is concave which exibits diminishing marginal return of interest.
and he also derives happiness from other nondating activities:
O = lnN
Where O is other activities like sports, parties etc..., this function is also concave.
When we add these two types of utility (happinesss) together (dating & nondating) we have a utility function of:
U = lnD + lnN
This guy also faces a time constraint, which is also a function of dating & nondating activities (D&N), we have the function:
T = Dt + Nt
Where T = total amount of time devoted to dating and nondating.
For example: if he goes on 3 dates per week, each requires about 4 hours, then his dating time alone = 12hrs, excluding his nondating activities.
Individuals maximize their happiness subject to their constraints.
There, if we maximize U, and subject it to the time contraint T, to find the maximum number of dating activies and nondating activies, then we have:
MAX(D, N) s.t. (subject to) T
MAX(D,N) = lnD + lnN - (Dt + Nt - T)
then, i take the partial derivative with respect to D, and N.
dMAX/dD = 1/D - t = 0 ---> t = 1/D
dMAX/dN = 1/N - t = 0 ---> t = 1/N
divide: t/t = (1/D) / (1/N) ---> 1 = N/D
solve for D & N: we have a simple solution: D = N
The time constraint once again is: T = Dt + Nt,
I subsititute D in to this equation to solve for N, and the same for N to solve for D, to have:
N = T / (2t), this small t is the amount of time devoted to nondating activities and,
D = T / (2t), this small t is the amount of time devoted to dating activies;
Once again the utility function:
U = lnD + lnN,
Remember that, his romantic interest derives from dating alone which is the first part of the equation, lnD.
I then, substitute D & N into the ultiltiy function to have:
U = ln [ T / (2t) ] + ln [ T / (2t) ]
O.K. if the girl decides to reduce her time being with this guy, that means, the small t that indicates the amount of time he spends toward dating, must fall. If I isolate the interest level effect of this guy, i have:
IL = lnD
IL = ln [ T / (2t) ], if this (t) falls as a result of less time being with the girl, then according to the equation IL must RISE.
That means, he now has to shift some of his dating time toward his nondating activities. Lets use a numeric example.
In a given week, he has 20hrs to allocate between dating and nondating activities: T = 20
He goes on 2 dates per week each requires 5hrs, and 2 nondating activities each also requires 5hrs.
T = Dt + Nt ---> 2(5) + 2(5) = 20
Substitute these numbers into ultility equation, i have a total utility of:
U = lnD + lnN ---> ln [20 / (2*5) + ln [ 20 / (2*5) = 1.39 utils
*IL = lnD ---> 0.693
O = lnN ---> 0.693
Lets say now the girl still goes out with him 2 dates per week, but this time only 4 hours each instead of 5, thus dating time = 8 hrs.
Thus, he must now allocate that 2hrs extra toward his nondating activies.
Lets say that he still enjoys 2 nondating activities per week, but this time, 6hrs each.
We plug back into the equation to have.
T = Dt + Nt ---> 2(4) + 2(6) = 20hrs <--- still 20hrs per week
U = lnD + lnN ---> ln [20 / (2*4) + ln [ 20 / (2*6) = 1.43
If I isolate the the romantic interest effect alone, then:
IL = lnD ---> 0.916, this is higher than 0.693
This means, less time = more interest.
This result can also be generalized for guys, so SCARCE your time guys.
Comments are welcome!
thats sum serious shiZZ LOLPlayer_Supreme said:Dam Hu! you've got too much time on your hands. Maybe you should spend it boning women instead of caculating the square (no pun intended) root of a kiss multiplied by the hypoten. of the circumference of her fat head divided by 0
thats sum serious shiZZ LOLPlayer_Supreme said:Dam Hu! you've got too much time on your hands. Maybe you should spend it boning women instead of caculating the square (no pun intended) root of a kiss multiplied by the hypoten. of the circumference of her fat head divided by 0
Most guys accidentally kill attraction before they even speak. They assume they need a bigger bank account, a better physique, or smoother lines. They miss the point.
Female desire operates on a specific set of psychological triggers. Break them, and you're invisible. Follow them, and you become magnetic.
I learned this the hard way. Years of freezing up. Getting friend-zoned. Watching other guys walk away with the girl I wanted. Then I discovered a set of 22 simple rules that rewired my entire approach.