Thanks, buddy, but I'm retired.Originally posted by Eternal
*Tosses you your trident*
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
Thanks, buddy, but I'm retired.Originally posted by Eternal
*Tosses you your trident*
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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!"
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.