Thanks, buddy, but I'm retired.Originally posted by Eternal
*Tosses you your trident*
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
Thanks, buddy, but I'm retired.Originally posted by Eternal
*Tosses you your trident*
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.
Aww... that's unfortunate.Originally posted by Demon
Thanks, buddy, but I'm retired.![]()
Yeah, I've been reading posts lately... it's rough.Now we've got 10 PUAs maybe and 700 AFCS. We need shock collars.
Oh right...Originally posted by JC Jerkson
Don't forget the guy with the iron fist. :trouble:
JC
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.
Iron fist? That's it? Eternal can have that one. This is me.Originally posted by JC Jerkson
Don't forget the guy with the iron fist.
"It snowed everyday...Even in June!"Originally posted by syncmaster
LOL we sound like old war vets.... "when i was your age i had to march uphill to school... both ways! In 4 feet of snow!"
LOL
Originally posted by The Antichrist_Star
Aww... that's unfortunate.![]()
Demon... haha, it's actually good to see you back.![]()
I've considered being really 'hardass' but honestly... three forths of all of the posts would probably be gone if that was the case.
****... I've been here so long I actually forgot how I stumbled upon this place... haha
*Shrugs*
Yeah, I've been reading posts lately... it's rough.![]()
AS
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.
you would never be a mod here. you're a flaming AFCOriginally posted by JC Jerkson
If only I was mod...
You'd come here and think it was 2001 again.
JC
All right... but if I do it... I mean really, really do it.Originally posted by BrotherAP
Three fourths might be gone, and that would be a great thing. There's no reason to miss something so useless anyway.
Try being a hardass. Do it for the entire month of January. See if anyone wants to go back (other than the exhausted mods who need a day off).
When I was your age, the Christian god was just a minor Mesopotamian diety named "El."Originally posted by syncmaster
LOL we sound like old war vets.... "when i was your age i had to march uphill to school... both ways! In 4 feet of snow!"
LOL
Originally posted by The Antichrist_Star
All right... but if I do it... I mean really, really do it.
I don't want to hear it.
AS
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.
I talked to JC and I told him that I would do it.Originally posted by syncmaster
Do it pls... go back to the hardfast rule of post something useful, or ask a question that hasn't been asked or STFU.
We need to do some weeding.
"Thumbs up, let's do this. THE VIRTUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND!"Originally posted by The Antichrist_Star
All right... but if I do it... I mean really, really do it.
I don't want to hear it.
AS
All right man... if you're in... I'm in.Originally posted by TheVirtualMind
"Thumbs up, let's do this. THE VIRTUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND!"
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.