"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"
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.
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"I just moved here from Florida."
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.
thecraftylefty
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Ha! This is so true. To realize that this is actually how people actually are is quite refreshing. And it can allow you to get on with you life once you see how others are struggling to put on a front, instead of struggling to better themselves. Don't settle and be like them; do things your way.
Still looking, but finding that the answers are coming in from places I didn't even expect. And that's a good thing.
Overall though, I think looking at finding this place as an opportunity as a second chance is exactly the way to be going about it. Before sosuave most guys (like me) were probably just your average Nice Guy. We didn't think we were doing anything wrong, we were just socially retarded and couldn't hold a conversation. Now the tables have turned and things are going great (with women, but more importantly life in general).
thecraftylefty
Juan Don,Originally posted by Jaun_Don
what is your ****ing problem and why would feel the need to point out a tongue in cheek compliment?...what an *******
My apologies. It must have seemed more sycophantic than tongue-in-cheek to me at the time.
whistler
Rollo Tomassi
Master Don Juan
",...because you've never used them."
"I just moved here from Florida."
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.
ADifferentKindofDJ
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Michele l'Arcangelo
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"POOK IS GOD... WE WORSHIP YOU... AND GOOGLE YOU... AND FIND YOU... POOKS RETURN... THERE IS A GOD"
"I just moved here from Florida."
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.
Doggystyle
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WesCottII
Master Don Juan
Eye opening.
"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.
typical
Master Don Juan
Are ytou kidding me Espi ? I think after reading the bible I read the "book of pook" and it was the most pleasant way of red pilling IMHO.Espi said:
Lotus Effect
Master Don Juan
Just what I needed for today!
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
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.