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.
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.
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.
It gets annoying to be firstTaxes in Europe for the most part are outrageous. People in the US complain about taxes but we have some of the lowest taxes there are. Canada's are much higher as well.
Yeah, this.Balkan countries, ex yu are really good if you have a lot of money. You can do whatever the fvck you want and even avoid paying taxes if you're smart enough
Russia used to be like this pre-Putin, but now it's fine.Yeah, this.
Remember that most countries are also pretty corrupt. If you find a place where the cost of living is low, the authorities will be stopping you for their daily bribe to supplement their ****ty income.
As I said with money you can buy your way out of prison even. There are a lots of cases when kid of a rich parents hit and run someone with a car, they never see a day of prison. It's sad really.Yeah, this.
Remember that most countries are also pretty corrupt. If you find a place where the cost of living is low, the authorities will be stopping you for their daily bribe to supplement their ****ty income.
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.
Dont forget beint regurlarly taxed for possession and being told you're being taxed for using public streets, then find those streets not fixed or fvcked up after the first day of serious snowing.It gets annoying to be first
Taxed on income
Buy a car and be taxed on the sale
Then be taxed on car property tax
Then taxed for registration
Then taxed on gasoline
Then taxed on a toll road
Then break a tie rod over time from potholes that were not fixed with tax dollars
Then taxed on the repair of said tie rod
Lol, the most expensive country to live in. I live in the second most expensive country and even I found it very expensive when I travelled to Switzerland.Switzerland
Are you from Norway?Lol, the most expensive country to live in. I live in the second most expensive country and even I found it very expensive when I travelled to Switzerland.
Yeah, my only complaint is that it's so damn cold half the year.Are you from Norway?
With all the hotties there Im sure you have no problem getting warm...amazing girls there virtually no drama either.Yeah, my only complaint is that it's so damn cold half the year.
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.
Yeah, most women here are actually nice people. I sometimes forget that it's not like that everywhere else when someone on the forum comments about how most women around them are b!tches, I can't relate that much to my experience.With all the hotties there Im sure you have no problem getting warm...amazing girls there virtually no drama either.
If I was fluent in the local language or young enough to learn it decently I would move there with no second tought, been there just 3 months for a project and loved it.
It’s expensive cause you have EU salary which is adjusted to the prices of their countries. When you have Swiss salary in Switzerland you can have good life and someone with an expertise in science or computing for example can have very good money . I’m not a fan of Switzerland for many other reasons but i have to admit money is good there .Lol, the most expensive country to live in. I live in the second most expensive country and even I found it very expensive when I travelled to Switzerland.
Norway isn't a member of the EU, salaries are fairly high here as well. Switzerland wasn't that much more expensive, it was just unusual for me as a Norwegian to have to pay slightly more for everything outside of Norway.It’s expensive cause you have EU salary which is adjusted to the prices of their countries. When you have Swiss salary in Switzerland you can have good life and someone with an expertise in science or computing for example can have very good money . I’m not a fan of Switzerland for many other reasons but i have to admit money is good there .
This is one of the few European countries I have not yet visited. I hear that a beer costs like $10.Yeah, my only complaint is that it's so damn cold half the year.
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.