Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
yes, other women, test her back
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.
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
This actually makes it worse.Fela Kuti said:because she hides his identity, dude. and to a smaller extent, because she said "i'll think about it". yeah, even though she said that because she didn't have the nerve to reject straightly, it still makes me disappointed.
What DJDamage said is spot on. She's obviously become bored with you and has no respect for you anymore. She planted a seed in your mind. Now you'll be suspicious of every guy the two of you know. And it may not even be one of those guys but a complete stranger. It wouldn't matter, though. Because if you're worried about losing her (and it's obvious that you are) you'll let your fear and insecurity dominate all of your actions. You'll distance yourself from your guys friends, attempt to control who she talks to and behave more and more like a jealous, insecure guy. You'll have given up all control to this girl; once she has it and she'll dump you. She's on the verge of doing that anyway.DJDamage said:This actually makes it worse.
By not telling you, you will think every guy that is a friends of her's could be that guy.
What you need to do is evaluate not this situation per se but her entire behaviour up to date. Would you say she is a great girlfriend with consistent behaviour? or there has been problems in your relationship and if so what were they?
well, she's a very introvert girl, if that says anything. we've been together for about 6 months. the guy asked her 1 on 1 but it's not quiet clear yet whether he knows she has a bf or not. my gf herself doesn't know if he knows or not.Danger said:An interested woman would tell you everything.
She is protecting HIM from YOU??? That's not how this works.
Aside from this, we need a lot more information.
How long have you two been together?
Did this guy ask her out 1 on 1? Or to a party or something?
Does this guy know she has a bf?
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
I know. That's why my NUMBER ONE priority is always been to get her open up without me prying and making her cry. I'm still searching for an effective way to do this. Sigh..ready123 said:Fela, you notice every question you post on this board always has to do with some kind of miscommunication between you and your girlfriend?
Unless she learns to open up without you prying or making her cry, expect situations like these to come up indefinitely.
This is strange. To me an an extrovert would say something like.. 'i'll think about it' and an introvert would not say anything at all! get the drift? Don't fall for her logic.Fela Kuti said:I remember last night she said this: "I don't like to be an introvert like this. I wish I was an extrovert, who can say what she wants without any burden."
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.
well, ducaro, she's the kind of introvert who has hard times telling people her "secrets", you know. something like that.ducaro said:This is strange. To me an an extrovert would say something like.. 'i'll think about it' and an introvert would not say anything at all! get the drift? Don't fall for her logic.
I Hope you know her better than I know most women. All The Best!Fela Kuti said:well, ducaro, she's the kind of introvert who has hard times telling people her "secrets", you know. something like that.
well thanks for the advice. i'll surely give it a thoughtducaro said:I Hope you know her better than I know most women. All The Best!
Fela Kuti said:well, ducaro, she's the kind of introvert who has hard times telling people her "secrets", you know. something like that.
Thats what my last girlfriend said before we broke up.Fela Kuti said:she won't tell me who it is because she doesn't want me to be suspicious of him (she said that i know of him), when it's not clear yet whether he asked her as a casual friend or more than that.
is that reasonable, guys?
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.
Fela Kuti said:"Well, okay. We won't talk about this problem again if you don't want to. I'll let you handle him by yourself. I'm sure you know what is the right things to do."
Fela Kuti said:So my GF told me that a guy asked her out twice and asked my opinion about that. She told the guy that she'll think about it (this answer kinda pissed me off, although I understand that it's not clear what the guy's intention was). When I asked her who it is, she wouldn't tell me, saying that she's not sure yet whether the guy were romantically interested in her, so she won't say anything "bad" about him yet.
What should I do, guys? Thanks![]()
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.