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.
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.
lmao, this is a fair question imo but that ^^^ just made me chuckle :crackup:Originally posted by Egoist
what. the. fvck.
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
:crackup:Originally posted by dannyc
This is what i done last week. Its pretty much as Don Juan as you can get.
Monday: Climbed Mount Everest. ****ed a HB when i reached the top
Tuesday: Challenged Tyson to a boxing match. ****ed a long term FB of mine after i knocked his ass.
Wednesday: Went surfing and made sure there was a shark present, just to make it more DJ. ****ed a HB later on in the day
Thursday: Went shopping and brought this pink polo shirt.
Friday: Got a tan and plucked my eyebrows. Approached a HB in the girls toilet, **** closed her later on.
Saturday: Added a few touches of blonde to my hair, like the front part. Got sucked off later on in the day and thats about it.
Sunday: Rest day
If I didn't know better, I thought u were going to say you closed her right thereOriginally posted by dannyc
Approached a HB in the girls toilet, **** closed her later on.
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.
That was ****ing hi-larious!Originally posted by dannyc
This is what i done last week. Its pretty much as Don Juan as you can get.
Monday: Climbed Mount Everest. ****ed a HB when i reached the top
Tuesday: Challenged Tyson to a boxing match. ****ed a long term FB of mine after i knocked his ass.
Wednesday: Went surfing and made sure there was a shark present, just to make it more DJ. ****ed a HB later on in the day
Thursday: Went shopping and brought this pink polo shirt.
Friday: Got a tan and plucked my eyebrows. Approached a HB in the girls toilet, **** closed her later on.
Saturday: Added a few touches of blonde to my hair, like the front part. Got sucked off later on in the day and thats about it.
Sunday: Rest day