DonGorgon
Master Don Juan
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2007
- Messages
- 4,679
- Reaction score
- 102
JUst be glad she aint pregnant...
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.
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.
lol u azzholeDonGorgon said:JUst be glad she aint pregnant...
lol sorry bro but you sound like unexperienced arrogant . I might be wrong .Birdem said:I got a few words to make you feel better man the f uck up. You gotta be the biggest p ussy I ever met my whole life. I can't be wrong either if she left you. Someone leaves you they should be the last thing on your mind or at all. It seems like you have no life if your mind is revolves around her. If I were you I would focus on other things in my life right now.
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.
Haha. I guess it depends on the season.brett012 said:^that depends if you are miserable
You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.
And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.
Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.
The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.
Lol i hope your kidding .Juan_Man said:I have not had a girlfriend in almost ten years. If that doesn't make you feel any beter, then I don't know what will.
Dead serious. I've been on dates but nothing ever materialized into a serious relationship. Plus, I took lengthy breaks to try to "find myself" when I should have just kept searching. It's okay to take a break from women but you don't want to go overboard. If the OP doesn't get over his ex, then he just might find himself in the same boat.Daddy The Pimp said:Lol i hope your kidding .
That wasn't some homie, that was the poster in the school office, when I'd get sent to the Principal for causing trouble.sexy_kuta said:like that homie once said, "if you love something let it go, if it comes back its yours, if it doesnt, it never was"
time heals all wounds. move on. loose yourself in some other girls. don't dwell.SmoothTalker said:I just got dumped by a girlfriend of almost 3 years, over facebook.
We had our problems but still, I loved her guys. This is my first breakup and I'm feeling like total ****.
Any wise words to help lift this feeling?
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.