You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?
Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.
One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.
Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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.
BG the HB Tamer said:If you feel any insecurity, you have work to do.
Make sure you act out of comfort, not out of insecurity.
That's pretty good.DJHoolahoop said:i'd just say to the guy and my gf "do you think you two would make a cute couple?"
tihash said:This happened to me a few weeks ago. My gf and I were at a bar with about 3 or 4 other friends. My gf and I we kinda drunk and were making out there. I went to the bathroom (no line-- was back in like less than 3 minutes literally) and there were TWO guys there... one talking to my girl and his wing running interference on one of our friends.
I did not say a word, squeezed in between them, and began making out with her again. When I surfaced for air a few minutes later both of the guys were nowhere to be found.
I did not even acknowledge the dude's presence in any way whatsoever.
Act like he does not exist.
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.
( . )( . ) said:Bzzzz WRONG!!
"Fight for your woman" What the hell is this AFC bollocks???
Try and stick to fashion , entertainment and STD topics in future eh? Leave the tricky questions to the big boys.
Fight over a chick? Pfff you keep her tough guy.DrBeard said:BZZZZZ u r wrong!
ur a pvssy + too scared to stand up to another man!
Grow some balls dude!
yeah I will keep her and leave u to bum all the men! :moon:( . )( . ) said:Fight over a chick? Pfff you keep her tough guy.
Thats twice now youve chased my balls around the board moaning with sand in your vagina aswell as giving me a neg rep I noticed.
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Best advice on this topic!backbreaker said:if you have to honestly worry about a girl giving her number or any type of positive reinforcement out WHILE YOU ARE SITTING 6 INCHES AWAY FROM HER... you need to move on, for whatever the reasons may be.
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.