She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
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.
The technique is called "Sleight of Mouth" by Jamie Smart, a brilliant and talented NLP master instructor and therapist, who just did a David D' "Interview" last month...verysuave said:so u just ask a chick "do you swallow gum?" just thought of it, and am dying to try it
I did this one the other day. Girl gave me a piece of cake to eat. After I ate it she asked me if I liked the cake. I said slowly with a smile, "It was moist and delicious, and I really enjoyed eating it"DJDamage said:I remember reading a good article on sosuave or another site once about using sexual imagery while talking to a woman without sounding sexual. The whole point of it is to make her have sexual thoughts when you talk or when you are around her.
"mmmm I like this brand of coffee its so rich in flavour and very hot and smooth when you drink it"
"yesterday I played football and it was soo humid out there, I sweated alot so when I got home I took a nice cold shower and it was the best feeling in the world"
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.
her reponse?Canadian Catnip said:I did this one the other day. Girl gave me a piece of cake to eat. After I ate it she asked me if I liked the cake. I said slowly with a smile, "It was moist and delicious, and I really enjoyed eating it"